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A Modern Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
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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. 24
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1927.
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Sapiro Helps To
Present His Case
Appearance of Plaintiff
In Million Dollar Suit
In Role of Attorney Fea
tures Proceedings
DETROIT, Mich., Mar. 2.1.
Further limitation of the field of
evidence, the 1 isti-1 jc in the record
of more alleged libels, and the ap
pearance of the plaintiff as an at
torney were the net results of to
day’s sessions of Aaron Sapiro’
$1,000,000 libel suit against Henrv
Ford.
The day was marked by several
displays of temper by attorneys
after ten days of nerve-wracking
court room work, nearly every
minute of which has found lawyers
for both sides on their feet fight
ing for an advantage.
All in all, it \vn another drag* j
gy session, with William Henry
Gallagher, Sapiro’s chief of coun- j
sel, referring to the soon-to-fce
amended declaration, alleging 141
separate and distinct libels, and!
then reading from back number !
of the Ford-owned Dearborn In- j
dependent parts of articles to which !
exceptions were tak'*n.
In the arduous task of read-!
ing, Gallagher was relieved four |
times by Sapiro. That was the j
extent of the plaintiff’s active par- !
tieipntion, although he was admit - I
t‘*d to practice the day the trial,
was opened and since has advised !
Gallagher frequently in whispered
conferences.
It was believed that the appear
ance of Mr. Ford ns a witness has
been pushed over into next week
by the day’s slow progress. It had
been Gallagher’s intention to call
the motor car manufacturer Fri
day, hut. the attorney had intended
to complete examination of Wil
liam J. Cameron, editor of the
Dearborn Independent, and call
Fred 1.. Black, business manager
of the weekly.
Federal Judge M. Raymond pre
viously had denied the advisability
of evidence concerning Ford’s
ideas about the Jewish race, and
today he barred the introduction
of letters from third persons writ
ten, according to Sapiro’s counsel,
to warn the Dearborn Independ- (
ent of inaccuracies in its anti
Jewish articles and alleging un
reliability of the writer, Harry
H. Dunn, of Berkeley, California.
Associated Press.
Lieut. Rand Is
Moved To Wash
Friends here will he interested
to learn that Lieut. Oscar R. Rand,
who has been in the Hawaiian Is
lands for the past several years,
has been transferred by the War
Department to Washington, D. C.
Lieutenant Rand is now en route
to his new station. He sailed from
Hawaii on March 2 via the United
States Transport Cambrni. He
stopped for two weeks in San
Francisco, sailing on the 22nd for
New York via Panama Canal. He
expects to arrive in New York
about April 8. Mrs. Rand is vis
iting relatives in California for the
present, but will join her husband
in Washington later.
Lieutenant Rand formerly lived
in this city. He has the distinction
of being one of the two Rhodes
scholars who went from this school
to Oxford College. England.
Gin Report For
.Johnston County
- There Mere 73,122 hales of
cotton ginned and to he gin
ned in Johnston county from
the crop of 1926, sis compared
with 74,136 bales for the crop
year of 1925.
F. <;. HOLLAND, (iin Reporter.
The Herald—your paper—$2 year.
A Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field, and if the right on© le
ciphers 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.
uhternenttr
Max Johnston deciphered his
name last issue.
POULTRY MEETING.
Poultry Association will meet
with Mrs. Sarah Wellons, near
Holt’s Lake, April 1. Every
one interested in poultry come
I and help make the meeting a
worthwhile event.
S. I*. HONEYCUTT. Pres.
Recorder’s Court
Lasts Three Days
f wo Slot Machine Cases
Feature the Docket—
Several Are Continued
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week were devoted to
the trial of criminal cases in Re-1
corder's court. Two rather unus- j
ual cases which came up for dis- !
posal yesterday had to do with op
erating slot machines. A number |
of cases were continued but those I
tried this week were as follows: i
Seth McLamb entered a plea of \
guilty to a warrant charging op
erating a slot machine. Prayer
for judgment was continued for
two years upon the payment of the
cost and upon condition that the*
defendant does not allow any gam- i
bling or lottrey devices to be op
erated in or on his premises for ]
a term of two years.
W. R. Strickland, who runs a
filling station at Benson, also en
tered a plea of guilty to operating*
a slot machine. Prayer for judg
ment in his case was continued
upon the payment of cost and
upon the condition that the de
fendant does not violate or allow
any gambling or lottery devices to
bo operated in or on ms prem
ises for a term of two years.
Hubert Haley, was in court
charged with reckless driving and
with operating a car without lights
and tags. He plead guilty to all
charges. The defendant was sent
to jail for a term of MO days on
each and every count to be work
ed on the roacfs of Johnston and
was taxed with the cost. Capias
not to issue upon payment of $25.
Irving* Lucas was found guilty
of carrying concealed weapon and
resisting officer. He was sent to
jail for a period of 90 days to be
worked on the county roads.
Roland W. Jolie, who was charg
ed with assault with deadly weap
on. was called and failed. Judg
ment ni si sci fa. and the prose
cuting witness, S. E. Turner, was
taxed with the cost.
The state took a nol pros in the
case against Lester Johnson, who
was charged with false pretense.
H. E. Narron was convicted of
removing crops without permis
sion. He was fined $5 and requir
ed to pay the cost. He appealed
to Superior court under a $50
bond.
Joseph Townsend was charged
with larceny. The defendant be
ing under sixteen years of age,
his case was transferred to the ju
venile court for trial.
Joe Loftin was found guilty of
notating* the prohibition laws. He
vus sentenced to six months in the
■ounty jail to he worked on the
‘ounty roads, and was taxed with
he cost. He appealed to Super
or court under a $500 bond.
Reuben Brown, for violating the
uohibition laws, was sent to jail
or 30 days to be worked on the
•ounty roads and pay cost. The
oad sentence was suspended upon
he payment of $25 fine and cost.
Julius Stanley was charged with
ibandonment and non-support,
ludgment was suspended upon the
•ondition that the defendant pay
nto court the sum of $40 per
nonth for the use and benefit ot
dertha Stanley, his wife, and pay
he cost of the action. He gave a
mtice of appeal. . .
For violating: the pronum.u,.
laws. Willie Williams, who plead j
guilty, received a suspended sen
tence upon the payment of the
C<> Car stay Thornton, charged with
cursing on the highway, was found
not guilty.
J. 11. O'Neal and Mittie Anne
Williams were charged with forni
cation and adultery and operating
a house of assignation. T he state
took a nol-pros as to the charge
of fornication and adultery. A
motion wn made to dismiss the
case as to operating a house of
assignation, and the motion was
allowed.
N. T. Young and Ransom Moore,
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly, were not convicted.
N. T. Young and Joe Bill Mc
Lamb were charged with cursing
on the highway. Joe Bill McLanvb
not guilty. N. T. Young was found
g*uilty and fined $10. He was also
required to pay the cost.
Probable cause was found in the
case against Hugh Crowder,
charged with perjury, and he was
Fire Burns Small
House Wed. Night
House and Contents Ate
Total Loss; Work of
Fire Company Saves
Nearby Dwellings
Wednesday night about eleven
o’clock, the second time this week,
the fire department was called out
and on this occasion a three-room
frame house on Caswell street was
found to be in a blaze. The fire
semed to have originated in the
rear of the house but the cause
of the fire is not known. There
was no one in the house at the
time it caught, and it is said no
one had stayed there for several
[lays. The owner, Eliza Cole, a
negro woman, is in a Richmond
hospital for treatment. The house
was a complete loss, and none of
[he contents were saved. The loss
of the building has been estimat
'd at $750.
The fire company did good work
to save the house of Asie Harris,
colored, which was very close to
[he burned building. Nothing was
removed from this house though
its nearness placed it in danger.
OXFORD ORPHANS TO
GIVE CONC ERTS
The Singing Class of the Ox
ford Orphanage will give two con
certs in Johnston county next
week, one at Four Oaks and one
in Smithfield. Mr. S. M. Boyette,
of Four Oaks, requests us to an
nounce that the concert in Four
Oaks will be given on Monday
night, March 28, at eight o'clock
in the Four Oaks school auditor
ium.
Mr. G. A. Martin, of this city,
requests an announcement for
Smithfield to the effect that the
concert here will be on Tuesday
evening, March 29, at the school
auditorium beginning at 8 o’clock.
This singing class has been at
these places before and it needs
no introduction. The programs
rendered are always appealing, as
well as the orphanage cause, and
a large crowd will no doubt greet
the young entertainers in both
places.
bound over to Superior court.
George Jackson, charged with
violating the prohibition law, was
railed and failed. Judgment ni si
sci fa. Capias to issue at the re
quest of the solicitor.
In the case against Louie \ ann.
assault with deadly weapon, the
prosecution was found to be ma
licious and frivolous, and the pros
ecuting witness, David Jernigan,
was taxed with the cost.
David Creech, George Hollow
man and Robert Little were in
court for larceny. A motion was
made by James Raynor, the at
torney. to dismiss George Hollow
man and Robert Little. The mo
tion was allowed and they were
discharged. David Creech was
found guilty. He was sent to jail
for 00 days to be worked on the
county roads ami was required to
pay the cost. The road sentence
was suspended upon the payment
of $50 fine and the cost and upon
condition that the defendant is not
convicted for any offense in any
court for the next two years.
David Creech and George Hol
lowman were found guilty of lar
ceny in another case. Each was
sentenced to jail for GO days to be
worked on the roads of Johnston
county and taxed with half the
cost. The road sentence was sus
pended upon the payment of $50
fine each and half the cost each
and on condition that the defend
ants are not convicted of any of
fense in any court for the next
two years.
iUUUUl rtmil nmi » '-.
wore found guilty of violating the
prohibition laws. They were sent
to jail for GO days to be worked
on the roads and taxed with the
cost. The road sentence was sus
pended upon the payment of $50
fine each and half the cost each
and on condition that the defend
ants are not convicted of violation
of the prohibition law in the next
two years.
Frank, Nathaniel Steele and
Willie Benjamin were convicted of
larceny. Steele and Benjamin were
sent to jail for a term of GO days
to be worked on the roads of the
county and were required to pay
two-thirds of the cost. The road
sentence was suspended upon the
payment of a $50 fine each and
one-third of the cost each and on
condition that they are not con
victed of any offense in any court
within the next two years. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
the payment of one-third of thi
cost as to Frank Kelly.
The state took a nol-pros witl
leave in the ease of Garfield Holt
charged with the violation of the
prohibition laws.
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Pick the Winner for 1928
LOWDEN
MCAOOO^1
Wayne Physician
Dies In His Office
Dr. Theodore L. Ginn Suc
cumbs To Angina Pec
toris; Funeral Held
Tuesday Afternoon
GOLDSBORO, Mar. 22.—Dr.
Theodore L. Ginn died suddenly at
his office in the Wayne National
Bank building at 11:30 Monday
morning, his death being due to
angina pectoris. He had not been j
well for about three weeks but had
actively continued his practice.
Dr. Ginn was 48 years old. He !
was born and reared in Goldsboro !
and attended the Goldsboro public !
schools. He afterwrads attended
the Richmond Medical College* and |
graduated there.
He practiced medicine in Golds-1
boro for 27 years. His wife was
Miss Bertha Stevens, of Smith- j
field, who survives him. He is also !
survived by one sister, Mrs. E. B.
Wilson, and two brothers, R. L.!
and S. G. Ginn, all of Goldsboro, j
Dr. Ginn was a man of unusual \
Christian character. He has been
for many years a member of St.1
Paul Methodist church, was teach
er of the Senior Philathca class, j
and under his guidancce three
young women have placed their,
lives in useful channels of church ‘
and Sunday school work. He did an!
unusual amount of charity work 1
among the people unable to payj
for it.
Tlie funeral was conducted from I
the home at 4 o’clock on Tuesday
afternoon by Rev. J. M. Daniel, and
the interment took place in Wil
lowdale cemetery.
The active pallbearers were John
Hicks, M. T. Dickinson, George By
num, George Spence. John Haw
ley. Tom Dewey, Hal Armentrout,
and Col. Geo. K. Freeman. The
honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of the Wayne county medical
society.
The large number of people
present and the beautiful floral
offering showed in some measure
the regard in which he was held
by the people of his community.
The children of the Odd Fellow's’
Orphanage attended the funeral in
a body. For a number of years
Dr. Ginn had given his services to
the orphanage without charge.
Miss McCullers
Is To Broadcast
Miss Mary McCullers, formerly
of this city but now of Chicago,
111., will broadcast over the radio
next Monday afternoon, March 28.
She may be heard from 4:15 to
4:30 and from 4:45 to five o’clcok,
Smithfield time. She will broadcast
from the Chicago Daily News sta
tion at Hotel La Salle WMAQ, 448
wave length. Miss McCullers has
an unusually sweet voice, and
those who are able to tune in will
undoubtedly enjoy a rare treat.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school 9:30, \Y. H. Las
siter, superintendent. At eleven
o’clock the pastor will preach the
concluding sermon on the Church
Covenant. Earnest request to ev
ery member to be present and re
new his covenant. Sermon at 7:30
ip. m. on “Payment of Vows.”
Intermediate B. Y. P. U. at
0:45 Senior B. Y. P. U. Monday
7:30, with study course during the
week.
METHODIST ( III RCH
Sunday school at 9:30, T. C.
Young, superintendent. Preaching
at 11 and 7:30 by the pastor. Text
for the morning, “Can a man by
searching find God.” Subject for
the evening, “Death by order of
the state, by suicide, by the hand
of God.
Subject for prayer meeting,
“What kind of revival do you be
ilieve in?” .
PREACHING COUNTY HOME
Rev. D. C. Johnson will
preach at the county home on
j Sunday afternono, March 27.
j at three o’clock.
Cotton Estimate
Reported Lower
Gin Report Shows Total
Production to Be 17,
910,250 Bales, Still the
Largest Crop Ever
Grown
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21.—The
192G cotton crop, the largest ever
grown was placed at 17,910,258
five hundred pound bales today in
the census bureau’s final ginning
report.
•Since the department of agricul
ture’s final estimate of 18,618,000
five hundred pound bales was
made last December, there has
been much uncertainty as to the
amount of the crop which would be
picked. The low price of cotton
and the scarcity of labor the de
partment thought, would influence
many farmers to leave the two
grades of cotton unpicked in the
fields.
Since that time the price has
shown an increase, however, and
the amount of unpicked therefore
is probably smaller than it would
have been the apparent amount be
ing near 707.000 bales as shown by
the agrciultural estimate and the
winnings.
The crop is the largest ever
grown.
That quantity of cotton exclusive*
of linters and counting round as
half bales, included 234,041 run
ning bales which ginners estimat
ed would be turned over after the
March canvass. The crop com
pares with 16,122,516 running
bales or 16,103,679 equivalent 500
pound bales in the 1925 drop and
with the department of agricul
ture’s estimate, 7r»ade last Decem
ber. of 18,618,000 equivalent 500
pound bales.
Until the census bureau’s final
ginning report today there had
been much uncertainty as to the
exact quantity of the record-break
ing crop which would be picked
and ginned. Early reports indicat
ed much cotton might be left in
the field, because of the low pri
ces of cotton and the scarcity and
high price of labor.
Round bales, counted as half
bales included in the statistics to
talled 655,861 compared with 351,
121 in 1925 and 314,325 in 1924.
The average weight of bale for
the crop counting round as half
bales and excluding linters, was
506.3 pounds compared with 499.5
in 1925 and 499.6 in 1924.
The number of ginneries operat
ed was 15.749 compared with 15,
482 in 1925.—Asociated Press.
Col. Olds Speaks
In Local School
The high school was agreeably
surprised Tuesday morning by the
appearance of Col. Fred A. Olds at
the chapel exercises. Col. Olds gave
a very interesting talk on the his
tory of the War Between the
States. His talk centered around
the battle of Bentonville, and the
junior reserves of the Confeder
acy, who played an important part
in the battle. The junior reserves
were boys under 18 years of ag*e.
Col. Olds is regarded as one of
the best known historians of the
state. He was on his way to Ben
tonville where it is being planned
to place a marker on the battle
field, near the monument which
was erected years ago by the
Goldsboro Riflemen.
MAI) DOC. KILLED IN
THE POLENTA SECTION
\ mad dog visited the Polenta
community Tuesday morning,
treating quite a bit of excitement
in that section. He bit dogs as
he passed houses, seven or
eight being attacked by him
early Tuesday morning. He
alsd killed about twenty.-live
chickens along his route. Three
automobiles loaded with men
were following him when Mr.
J. K. Holt shot and killed him.
It is not known to whom the
dog belonged.
Committee Visits
Old Battle Field
State U. D. C. President,
Bentonville Memorial
Committee and Col.
Olds Visit Historical
Spot in Johnston on
62nd Anniversary of
Battle
Col. Fred A. Old's, of Raleigh,
who, in company with Mrs. Walter
Woodard, of Wilson, State U. D.
C. President, Mrs. John Anderson,
of Fayetteville, State Chairman of
the Bentonville Memorial Com
mittee, Mrs. W. M. Sanders, vice
chairman of the committee, Mrs.
T. J. Lassiter, Miss Ruth Jones,
Messrs. T. R. Hood, Chester Alex
ander and Geo. E. Thornton, visit
ed the Bentonville battleground on
Tuesday, the sixty-second anniver
sary of the battle, disclosed his
ambitions in regard to perpetuat
ing the memory of this remark
able conflict with an earnestness
that suggested that his dreams
might some day come true. First,
Colonel Olds would see a state
highway passing through the bat
tleground. Next, he would have
a suitable marker near the monu
ment. And lastly, he would have
the entire battlefield taken over by
state or nation and preserved as a
park with suitable markers and
shrines to indicate the various lines
of battle.
The visit of these state officials
to this historic spot in Johnston
county looks toward the unveiling
of a suitable marker some time
the last of August or the first of
September. Too long has the battle
ground been neglected, but the in
dications now point toward a gen
eral awakening of interest, and it
seems probable that a part of Col.
Olds’s ambition will be realized
in me near iuiure. Mrs. w. m.
Sanders has manifested consider
able interest in the battleground
and under her personal supervis
ion the monument erected a num
ber of years ago by the Goldsboro
Riflemen was recently repaired.
The monument had fallen into de
Day. but the marble slabs have been
fixed in cement and the weak
places in its structure seem to have
been remedied.
The sixty-second anniversary
season seemed a particular appro
priate time for a visit to the bat
tleground, and the state U. D. C.
officials were delighted to find the
trenches and breastworks so plain
ly discernable, having been pre
served by nature in a very unus
ual way. Their satisfaction with
the trip was enhanced when a
part of an old musket bearing the
date, 1862, and an inscription show'
ing that it reached this country
in a consignment from England,
was picked up as they wandered
over identical spot where the con
flict ensued sixty-two years ago.
A bullet chopped from a big pine
tree was brought away as another
souvenir of the battle.
Colonel Olds’ knowledge of the
battle and the reminiscences of
Mr. T. R. Hood, who was eight
years old at the time of the bat
tle and whose father lived in the
midst of the fighting* area, made
int' oi-casiuri especially imeresung.
Mr. Hood recalled that in one night
during the battle thirteen houses
in the vicinity of his father’s were
burned. Mrs. Anderson displayed
a picture of the village of Benton
ville right after the battle, drawn
by a member of Sherman’s army.
It appeared to be considerably
more of a village than it is now.
After the trenches and breast
works had been inspected and a
visit had been paid to the monu
ment and to the old Harper house
which was used as a hospital, the
party proceeded to the Mill Creek
spring near Mill Creek school, and
after building up a big bonfire, en
joyed a picnic lunch.
After lunch the pupils of the
Mill Creek school were given a
delightful surprise when Colonel
Olds accepted the invitation of thv
teacher, Miss Julia Rose, to tel
stories. Colonel Olds in his in
imitable style told two storie:
mimicing* various well knowi
birds and calling upon the childrei
to recognize them.
One of the purposes of the visi
was to consider the proper loca
tion of the marker which the stat
I . I). C. proposes to erect withi
the next few months. It was deem
ed wise, however, after visiting th
grounds to defer the selection o
a site until the Clinton-Henderso
highway shall have been locate<
Every member of the state U. I
C. committee left the spot convim
ed that the center route being cor
sidered by the State Highwa
MISTAKE CORRECTED
In the last issue of the
Herald it was stated that Miss
Myrtle Cook and Mr. Joseph
Parrish of near Benson were
married here on Saturday.
March 19. In the article that
went into the paper, there was
a mistake in Mr. Parrish’s
name. It should have been
James Charlie Parrish instead
of Joseph Parrish. We regret
the mistake and are glad to
| make a correction.
Big Shad Haul
Near Princeton
County Officials Have
Hand in Landing Fish;
Seventeen Weigh Sixty
Pounds
PRINCETON, Mar. 23.—Those
who are happiest when on old
Neusfe River catching shad are hav
ing some lucky nights this week.
Monday night Mr. Benton and Jes
sie Bass caught 17 shad weighing
60 pounds; George Warren and
iWillie Fail, nine shad; and H. A.
Watson, county auditor, and Sher- '
iff Turley, six shad. Tuesday night,
Waverly Martin and Sidney Fail. ;
nine shad; George Warren and
Willie Fail 10 shad. There were
many other parties in the river '
catching them at other places. «
The regular monthly meeting of
the Baptist Missionary Society was 1
held at the church Tuesday eve- i
ning with an unusually large at
tendance. Mrs. D. B. Oliver, Mrs. :
Strickland and several other ladies '
of the Baptist Missionary Society
at Pine Level were guests of the 1
society here at this meeting. The
ladies were all very much pleased •
over the results of the joint meet- i
ing, claiming that much good will ;
result from these meeting*'. Sand
wiches and hot coffee were served.
The ladies believe this to be one !
ot tneir oest meetings.
The friends and relatives of Mrs.
Lester Ayeock will be glad to learn
that she is improving rapidly after
being seriously ill for the past
few weeks.
Mr. Clifton Holt is possibly the
happiest man in town. It’s a boy c
and a fine little chap, born on
Thursday the 17th. Mother and
baby are getting along nicely.
Earl Watson, Carlyle Woodard. ,
C-laiborn King and Robert Oliver. '
students at Chapel Hill, came down
to spend the week end at their re
spective homes. «
Miss Lissie Pearce, who is a i
member of the Four Oaks school j
faculty, spent the week end at her i
home here. 1
Rev. J. M. Dixon, from Wake
Forest, preached at the Baptist 1
church last Sunday morning and (
evening services. The church is at 1
present without a regular pastor, (
and several excellent preachers *
pave been looking over the work \
but as yet none have accepted. The
Rev. W. O. Andrews from Wake 1
Forest will preach next Sunday
morning. Everybody is invited to
attend this service.
Mr. Ed A. Holt has purchased :
the two-story residence on South '
Railroad street which was owned
by Mrs. George T. Whitley, and
has recently been occupied by Mrs.
Strachan. After remodeling and
painting, Mr. Holt will move his
family to this new home.
Locals To Battle
Selma In Opener
Due to the condition of the
weather last Tuesday the Four
Oaks-Smithfield baseball game was
put off until a later date. How
ever, the local Hi will play Selma
Hi Friday at the local diamond.
The Selma team is a fast one and
the locals are fast devleoping a
speedy team.
Cadet Royall !s
Here On a Visit
Cadet Henry Royall, who has
been at West Point for the past
two years, was in the city Tues
day afternoon en route to his home
i in the Sanders Chapel section
where he will spend several months
. on furlough. This young* man grad
’ uated from the local high school
, two years ago, immediately going
, to West Point. This is his first
trip home since he entered that
a institution.
f --
i Commission and which would pass
• within a hundred yards of the
'• monument is the only logical route.
- The members of this committee
- pledged themselves to work for
V the establishmnet of this route.
V,
Selma Sponsors
Poultry Shipmen,
Kiwanians Boost Poultr;
Car To Offset Lo’
Price of Cotton; Da
of Shipment, Saturda
April 9th
SELMA. Mar. 24.—Poultry rai
ers of this section will be inte.
ested in the announcement that
shipment of poultry will he mac
from Selma Saturday April 9.
pecial poultry car will be place
on the Southern Railway sidetrac
on that day and cash will be pai,
at the car door for chickens ot
all kinds, geese, turkeys, ducks
and guineas brought in. The
arice to be paid will be given in
> later edition of this paper.
The shipment is being sponsored
>y the Selma Kiwanis club and it
s hoped that the farmers of this
iection will take advantage of this
■pportunity of disposing of their
urplus poultry for cash. With
he very low price of cotton pre- 1
'ailing, this means of carrying on
vas mapped out by the Kiwanis
lub after careful consideration.
Cars of poultry have been ship
ied from other counties and very
atisfactory results have been ob
ained. In the sections where cot
on is the only money crop, cars
- poultry have been shipped more
■egularly and the farmers have
leen more than pleased with the
irices paid for their poultry. For f:
nstance. a car of poultry was
hipped from Dunn tvA weeks ago
vhen 6,8911 pounds of poultry was
old by 110 different people for a
otal of $1544.53.
This poultry will be shipped to
he large northern markets where
he demand is much greater than
lere- This insures a high market
or poultry.
in preparing poultry for ship
nent carry out the following rules:
Jse well ventilated boxes, if you
laven’t coops, for bringing in th§
>oultry.
Don’t put too much poultry ipi
cie coop or box.
Don t tie legs of poultry anti
ram them in sacks.
Come early and avoid the rush.
Don t stuff feed in poultry on
he day of the sale.
II SSI ON STUDY CLASS
has very good meeting
Kenly. Mar 23.—The Mission j
itudy class of the M. E. church |
net on Tuesday afternoon at the i
arsonage with Mrs. F. B. Joyner ■
nd Mrs. G. T. Whitley as hos
es ses.
The books for study is “Healing
>urselves. The First Task of the
’hurch” by Elmer T. Clarke. The
meeting was led by Mrs. Whittey
hairman of mission study. Mrs
L H. Hardison gave a review o
he chapter on “The Trail of th« .
"orty-niners.” Mrs. A. J. Brough j
on discussed the problems of th»
Icadians of Louisiana. Her topi
vas made particularly interestinj
•y first hand information whicl
he had gained from relatives wh<
ire at the head of a mission schoo
n Houma of that state. Mrs. Whit
ey followed this with an accoun
>f the problems presented by th«
legroes of the south and the wort J
>eing done among them. The pro-1
pram was concluded with a moat
nteresting account of “The High
anders of Appalacia,” given by!
Vlrs. C. F. Darden. The hostesses
served delicious refreshments at
:he close of the meeting.
The next meeting of the class!
is next Tuesday afternoon with!
Mrs. C. F. Darden.
SARDIS BAPTIST CHURCH
There will be preaching at Sar«;
dis Baptist church Sunday morn-ij
ing at eleven o’clock and Sunday]
night at 7:30 by Rev. J. W. Rose.
There will be Sunday school at
ten o’clock a. m. The public if
cordially invited to attend then*
services.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—,
Hr Me—i
f
“Hit no use ter have a hot hn
rva’ cole feat."