SMITHFIELD NEEDS:
Daily Meat anil Milk Inspection
Bigger Pay Roll.
A Modem Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
County Farm Agent
Better Roads Feeding Highways
Equal Opportunity for Every
School Child
Better Marketing System
More Food and Feed Crops
$2.00 PER YEAR
Man His Deputy
Sheriff With Ax
John O. Ellington In Ho
pital and Perdo Lucr
Is In Jail
Deputy Sheriff John O. Kllinf
ton is in the Johnston County Ho:
pitiil and Perdo Lucas, of non
lioseboro, Sampson county, is i
Hie Johnston county jail as the r.
suit of an encounter which too
tilace Saturday morning near th
Frost place near this city.
Early Saturday morning, Jame
W. Hell, a colored man living nea
tlie Frost place, had his suspic
ions aroused concerning stranger
a ho had parked nearby with tw
'■ales of cotton on a Kurd truck
He reported his suspicions, am
Deputy Sheriff Ellington accom
panied by Bernice Jones went t
the scene to make investigation,
Dpon arrival, the officer announc
ed his purpose, and Lucas pro
eroded to run. Lucas picked in
an axe, and when pursued by th.
officers, threw it at them. Th.
axe failed to hit Mr. Eilingtoi
on the head hut went over hi.
head, striking him on the hip
The force of the blow causei
temporary paralysis, and he wa
unable to walk. He was taken t<
the Johnston County Hospital
where he is now improving am
expects to he out in a few days
When Lucas threw the axe, Ih-r
nice Jones and a colored man
who was also along, made for him
and arrested him. He was brought
to Smithfiri.i and placed in jail.
The cotton which Lucas had on
the truck is thought to belong lo
F. A. Smith of Sampson county.
BISHOP’S CRUSADE
NOW IN PROGRESS
Special Music To Ik* Rendered By
Raleigh Choir One Night
This Week.
Rev. Win. A. Lillycrop, of Ham
let, who is assisting the rector,
Rev. Sidney Matthew, in a Bishop’s
Crusade at the Episcopal church
here, arrived in the city yester
day and preached his first sermon
last nig-ht. Plans have been per
fected for instructive and enjoy
able services, which will be held
every night at 7:30.
The choir from St. Saviour’s
church. Raleigh, will be present
one night this week to give spec
ial music. Definite announcement
in regard to this will be made at
an early date.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
FIRE AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT
Sunday evening* just before time
for church services the fire siren
sounded the alarm and the fire de
partment was called into service.
It was soon found that a small
blaze was burning on top of the
Presbyterian church near the
stove flue. The fire had evidently
just started and it was extinguish
ed with one dash of water from
the hose.
The Christian Endeavor Society
was holding its regular Sunday
night service, and the young folks
did not know about the fire until
others began to arrive on the
scene. Church services were held
as usual.
Chicken and Oyster Supper, Kenly
The senior class of Kenly high
school will serve a chicken and
oyster supper in the vacant store
next to Kirby’s drug store Friday
night. The town orchestru wil
furnish music during the evening*.
Meet your friends there. The
proceeds will go for class expense
A Tantalizer
There a re exactly enough let
ters In th« line below to apell
the name of a person In Smith
field, and if the right one le
cipheri his name and will pre
sent It to The Herald offlee, we
will present him with a com
limentary ticket to the Vic
tory Theatre. Ticket must be
called for before the following
issue.
Trent Hunter recognized his
name last issue.
rmlolodwyaadon
Cotton Farmers
e Must Cut Costs
■' President Georgia State
s Agricultural Colleges
Urges Maximum Yield
From Acreage Planted
' | XKW YORK, Mar. 20.—Dr. An
.urcw M. Soule, President of the
11 I Georgia State College of Agricul
•Mure, sees 1!I27 as a crucial year
‘jl'"r cotton glowers of the south
eastern states. In spite of the un
usually heavy production of last
s | season and the large carry-over
■ I surplus, he observes that “the in
■ Mention to plant cotton does not
■ I seem to have been greatly mini
•i With a repetition of last year’s
11 situation in prospect, Dr. Soule
j points out that it becomes imper
' j ative for southeastern cotton far
mers to use the best agricultural
methods if they are to raise cot
) t*>n at a profit. They must cut
down the cost of each pound of
lint by getting the maximum yield
j from the acreage planted to eot
1 ton. “Approximately a hale to the
acre” is the goal he sets.
| The cotton situation as it ap
plies to states east of the Miss
I it sippi was analyzed recently by
the head of the Georgia Agcicul
fural College in a radio talk over
!Station U'SH, Atlanta. His rec
ommendations to cotton farmers
include:
, rt'-iri'iinn umi pianung: or only
I tlio.se varieties of cotton which will
staple an inch or better.
COM MTMTV F*RODUCTION. |
“Whenever five to ten thous
and or more bales of cotton of!
| uniform type and strain can be I
trrown in a given locality, its rep-1
1 nt at ion as a producing center will
ibe quickly enhanced and certain
ly the output can be sold to much j
better advantage on that account,"
Hr. Soule said.
The use of only the best soils
and exercise of the greatest care
I in their production.
Wise and efficient use of com
mercial plant food.
Hr. Soule has made a careful j
study of the results obtained by
practical farmers in the “More}
iPnd Better Cotton Per Acre Con-1
itest" held in Georgia last year.
| These show unmistakably that j
I farmers who did not stint their:
|land on plant food made the big- ,
gest net profit. In fact, as the ex
penditure for fertilizer per acre in
creased, the profits increased in al
most direct ratio. Contestants!
were classified by Dr. Soule, ac- I
jcording to rate of production and!
the results are shown in th0 fol-!
j lowing- tabulated form:
i Yield Lint rer. Cost >et Prof.
Per acre Per acre Per Acre
Pounds
,200-300 .$4.89 $8.00
800-400 .$0.07 $12.00
400-500 _$0.98 $20.00
500-000 ..$7.50 $30.00
000-700 _$7.41 $40.00
700-800 .$8.12 $50.00
800 and more .$8.12 $70.00
The figures show, Dr. Soule com
ments, “that fertilizers bear a dfe
! initc and fundamental relationship
to the outturn of cotton.”
i Several hundred farmers enter
ed the contest but only 83 com
jpleted their record books in an
■acceptable manner. Their work was 1
[under the closest surveilance.
I “Forty-four of the contestants
'or approximately 50 per cent used
inorganic nitrogen as a side- dress
ing,” Dr. Soule commented in the
jcourse of his radio talk. Forty
[two of those reporting used ni
jtrate of soda for this purpose and
two sulphate of ammonia. Eleven
used stable manure in association
I with the high-grade fertilizers
mentioned above. Practically all of
the contestants ngr. ed that the use
of quickly available carriers of ni
trogen as side-applications to cot
ton accounted in large measure
for the heavy yield of quality-lint
obtained. These findings are quite
ill harmony with the recommen
dations of our Southern Experi
ment Stations and research work
ers. It is gratifying*, therefore, to
find them so well substantiated by
tlie practical farmer.”
Two Nuts, ^
Speed Demon: Well, Kid, I hit
fill in the old boiler last night.
His Weemin: Goodness, were
any of them hurt badly?
Electric Chairs Waits? |<
Above: Mrs. Ruth Snyder. Be
low: Henry Judd Gray, both con
fessed murderers, within 48 hours
after body of former’s husband
was found with head crushed in—
the most brutal murder of the yeai
In Now York. Illicit love, whiskey
and a $'25,000 life insuiniice is th*
sordid tale. Gray i* "named and
father (if child, 7. Mrs. .Snyder ban
a daughter, 0. A woman h:*s not
been electrocuted in New York foi
Johnstonian Hurt
On Western Ranch
Walter Moore Noble Re
ceives Cut Over Eye
While Roping Wild
Steer
I)r. U. J. Noble, of Slema, has !
leceived a letter from his son, Mr. I
Walter Moore Noble, who lives in:
California, in which he tells of an
injury he received in an accident
while trying to rope a wild steer
recently. An account of the acci
dent was published in the Brar
Mey (Calif.) News, and Mr. No
lle wrote to assure his father that
he was not seriously hurt. lie I
wrote in part as follows:
“I was not seriously hurt. It ,
was nothing but a cut over my
right eye. We had a wild steer
that had lost one eye and we |
wanted to separate him from the j
herd. We got him out of the herd !
and I went after him to rope him. J
When he saw me coming he jump-,
pd a fence and then three more
fences and did not stop until he
was a mile and a half away. I
was right after him, and in a wet
field at that. While I got near him
he started off again. I ran up
end threw the rope. Just as I
threw the rope my horse stumbled
but got on her fete and the steer
made a lunge at her. When the '
horse stumbled one of her front
shoes came loose and when the
steer came at her the shoe threw ;
her. By the time she got on her
four feet the steer was nearly on j
us. so I went off on the opposite |
bide, stuck my feet in the mud and
fell flat on my back. The steer i
hooked the horse on the left front j
leg and raised her clear of the j
ground, and her front hoof, the j
one she had lost the shoe from,
hit me over the light eye. When
the horse got on all four feet she
doubled up like a jack knife and
let the steer have both hind feet,
and he left.
“The other fellow that was
with nte came up and took my rope
and caught the steer and tied him
to a tree. Then we went to the
house and everyone was very much
excited except myself. It was
nearly dinner time and they want
ed me to miss my dinner and go1
in town and have it sewed up.
Dorothy was almost ready to di
vorce me when I wanted to eat
first. She said I always thought
of my stomach first. It was quite
a cut hut has not’ bothered me a
bit.”
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
TO HE HELD AT WILSON
The orthopaedic clinic held each
month in the offices of the county
health department in the court
house and sponsored by the Lion's
club of Wilson will meet again on
Friday of next week, April 1.
Bad Train Wreck
Below Four Oaks
*
Derailment of Twenty
Freight Cars Blocks
Traffic For 15 Hours;
Another Slight Wreck
Yesterday
One of the worst freight train
wrecks ever to occur in this sec
tion took place Sunday morning
about three o’clock when twenty
cars of a ninety-two car north
bound train were derailed on the
main line of the Atlantic Coast
Line about three miles below Four
Oaks. No one was injured in the
wreck, but both tracks were torn
up for a considerable distance, and
wreckage lined the tracks, block
ing traffic for something like fif
teen hours. It was 5:30 Sunday
afternoon before trains were able
to pass this way. Passenger trains
detoured by way of Wilmington.
Two wrecking crews worked con
tinuously all day to clear the
wreckage.
The derailed cars were loaded
with crossties, lumber and meats.
One car of meat was said to have
been turned upside down, but the
meat was intact. Many of the cars
were smashed beyond repair. A
broken wheel is said to have caus
ed the derailment.
Quito a number in this section
visited the wreck during Sunday.
Yesterday morning another
slight wreck took place within
several hundred yards of the
scene of Sunday’s wreck. One car
of a freight train was derailed.
It took only a short time, how
over, to get tlie car back on the
track, and little delay was caused
in the schedule of the trains.
SELMA TIES LOCALS
IN OPENING GAME FRIDAY
Selma tied the locals in the first
?ame of the season Friday after-,
noon on the local diamond. The
locals gained a lead in the first in
ning and kept it until the eighth
kvhen Selma overcame a one-point i
ead and forged ahead. Smithfield •
scored two in its half of the eighth,
nutting the score 8 to 7 in Smith
nold’s favor. Selma scored in the
ninth and put the score at an 8
:o 8 deadlock.
The features were the hitting of
Stephenson and Uzzle, each get
ing three. The latter got a triple
nnd two doubles out of three trips
it the bat. R. Parrish stretched
i two-bagger into a home run due ■
Morgan pitched good ball until I
:he eighth. Uzzle relieved him inj
:he ninth. Woodard suffered a hurt
ing-er. This may keep him out of j
:he game for the rest of the sea-j
>on.
Score by innings:
Selma_ 00200 3 02 1
Smithfield_ 2 03 0 0 1 0 2 0|
His Opinion.
Landlady: How do you like your
loom as a whole?”
Lodger: “As a hole it’s all right j
3Ut as a room it’s rotten!” |
Let’s Go.
Joan: “A kiss speaks volumes, ;
they say.”
Jack: “Don’t you think it would
be fun to start a library?”
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What was your average last week in The Herald's Test-o’-lTen
contest? Can you better it this week with this new set of ten in
teresting* questions? This information testing is fast becoming the
liveliest and most popular of pastimes in Smithfield. It’s in the air,
and anybody who isn’t following this feature is missing out on a lot
of good fun. Start now, and enjoy the thrill of matching your knowl
edge against the knowledge of others.
TEST O' TEN QUESTIONS
1. xlow many oceans are there.'
What are they?
2. Who was the first woman to
swim the English Channel?
2. Who said, ‘‘To the victors be
long the spoils?”
4. What is the Latin phrase for
“Whither Goest Thou?”
5. Who is the president of the
United States Steel Corporation?
Who is Chairman?
C. Who wrote “So Big?” In
what year?
7. Who is Secretary of the
Treasury of thi? United States,
and where is his home?
8. What famous art gallery is in
Washington, D. C.?
9. What colleges are referred to
as “The Big Three’' in f>otball?
10. Who was the composer of
“The Unfinished Symphony?”
.Answers found on page six
Recalls Fight
At Bentonville
W. H. Honeycutt, Now 80
Years Old, Was Mem
ber of Junior Reserves
and Was In the Battle
of Bentonville
-Mr. \\ . H. Honeycutt, of Al
nemurle, Stanley county, who has
spending the past few
months here with his son, Mr. J.
T. Honeycutt, superintendent of
tlu‘ cotton mill, was in the Herald
otlice Saturday to make inquiry
concerning an article about the
battle of Bentonville published in
a recent issue of this paper. Mr.
Honeycutt, it developed, was in the
battle of Bentonville, being a
member of the Junior Reserves.
He joined the army at 17 and was
in the last year of the war com
ing through without a scratch.
He is now in his eighty-first year,
and enjoys good health.
Mr. Honeycutt expressed sur
prise that the engagement at Ben
tonville has never been given the
prominence in history that the
conflict warranted, and is interest
'd in the movement now on foot
■° a(hi an additional marker to 1
he battlefield.
Mr. Honeycutt has been to the
»attlo field since he came to John
son county, but finds some of the
.attleground unfamiliar. He stat
'd that his company when leav
ng after the battle, crossed some
reek, and while there are several
learby creeks, none of them seem
'd to be the one he crossed.
Ilis recollections of the war
eem to be quite clear He told of
ome of the every-day incidents
rhich occurred, such as foraging
or “eats,” or discussing with his
omrades the possibility of being
:illed by an enemy shot. A com
•anion in battle whom he loved |
eas shot down by his side, on one I
occasion, and he says he still !
eels the terror of that incidnet. ]
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IOHXSTOX COl’XTV LOOP
OROANIZATIOX STARTED |
SELMA, Mar. 26.—A baseball
eag-ne. composed of Johnston !
ounty communities, is likely to
•e organized in the near future,
’ans of the county are anxious for
uch a circuit, and Princeton, Pine
.level, Smithfield, Four Oaks, Ben
on, Clayton and Kenly are among
he Johnston county communities
ehich have been asked to consid
r the proposal. Wendell, in Wake
ounty. likewise has been inter
red in the idea.
Indications are that the circuit [
vill be a strictly amateur affair,
is the four clubs thus far signi
ying willingness to participate
xpressed a wish that the playing
ists be confined to residents of the j
arious communities, who would
eeeive no salaries.
A meeting to organize the eir
uit is to be held here next week,
•ut in the interim the eommuni- j
ies will be given further time to
inswer questionnaires mailed them j
oneerning plans for the league. |
Satisfied.
Visitor: “Your son is rather
mall for his age, isn’t he?”
Fond Mother: “Oh, no. Most of
he boys of his age are over
grown. I think.”
Discoverers oi‘ Nevada’s New Gold Field]
Adventure and Discovery
, . UPPfr ,Fra"k . Horton. Jr-, (center) and U-onarJ Traynor
(right), the.two Ne\ada youths who discovered Nevada’s newest gold
field, now named Weepah, their mine assaying $7fc>,000 t. the ton In
the upper picture with the boys is Frank Horton, Sr., an old-time
miner, who is developing the mine for the youngsters. Lower- Crowd
around boys mine as thirteen sacks of gold, valued at $13,000 wer#
being brought out.
M. E. Pastor Talks
On Ways Of Death
Rev. D. E. Earnhardt Dis
cusses Capital Punish
ment, Suicide, and
Death Ry the Hand of
God
“Blessed are the merciful for
-Key shall obtain n^c-rcy," could
not be said in connection with cap
ital punishment, declared Rev. D.
h- Earnhardt, pastor of the Meth
odist church here, in a sermon de
livered Sunday evening upon the
subject: "Death by order of the
state, by suicide, and by the hand
of Go.]." From twenty-one crimes
punishable by death in Old Testa
ment times, the number has now
been reduced to four in North
Carolina. The minister takes this
as a sign that the world is ap
proaching tilt- Christian ideal. He
showed from Old Testament Scrip
- '--re t aat capital punishment was
sanctioned before Christ gave to
:he world a new rule of living—
the New Testament ideal is in
keeping with the beatitude regard
ing mercy. The old law required
an eye for an eye, but the new
commandment is to love our en
emies.
After making it clear that cap
ital punishment is not in accord
with the Christian ideal, Mr. Earn
hardt was equally positive in his
idea about suicide. He cited in
stances of suicide in the Scrip
cures, showing that in each case
of the deliberate taking of one's
own life, the persons had not lived
good lives. "A Christian,’’ he
said, "will not commit suicide un
less demented."
"What kind of death, then, do
we want?" asked the preacher,
and answered it in a single sen
tence—the death of a Christian
who comes >o the end of his days
having lived an unselfish life.
A large* congregation was pres
ent to hear the sermon, the topic
of which had been announced pre
NO JUNIOR MEETING
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
On account of the Oxford Or
phanage singing class at the lo
cal school auditorium tonight
-here will be no regular meeting
of Smithfield Council, Jr. O. U
A: M. Members will please tak<
notice and be present the follow
mg Thursday night when severa
candidates will be initiated.
Ain’t It the Truth?
Naturalist: Something should bi
done to conserve our wild life.
Notaone: I think the college
have had too much attention al
ready.
Legislative Act
Amends Charter
Taxpayers Who Wait Un
til After April 1st To
Pay Taxes In Smithfield
Penalized 5 Percent
Two measures touching Smith
field particularly were introduced
in the recent legislature, one of
them being tabled and the other
becoming* effective. The measure
which met defeat was the bill in
tended to increase the incorporate
limits of the town. The bill amend
ing the charter of the town of
Smithfield in regard to discount
ing and penalizing taxes according
to when they are paid, had smooth
sailing and is now in full force.
The provisions of this act are as
follows:
“The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
“That Section 28 of the Char
ter of said town as contained in
Chapter 219 of the Private Laws
of North Carolina Session 1911 be
amended as follows, provided, how
ever, that the Board of Commis
sioners of the town of Smithfield
shall have the right to give dis
count of one per cent on all taxes
paid on or before December 1st,
of each and every year, and a dis
count of two per cent on all taxes
paid on or before November 1st;
provided further, that said Board
of Commissioners shall have the
right to pass an ordinance impos
ing'. a penalty of two per cent on
all taxes not paid on or before
February 1st, and a penalty of
four per cent on all taxes not paid
on or before March 1st, and a
penalty of five per cent on all
taxes not paid on or before April
1st, and a penalty of six per cent
on all taxes not paid on or be
fore May 1st.
“This amendment shall be in full
force and effect from and after
its ratification.”
THIRTEEN JOIN FREE
WILL BAPTIST CHURCH
The revival which has been ir
!progress at the Freewill Baptist
church for the past two weeks
closed Sunday night after a sue
cessful meeting. Eight were add
1 ed to the membership by baptisn
and five by letter. The baptisma
service was held at Neuse rive
j Sunday afternoon.
j The meeting has been character
,ized by splendid sermons and goo
attendance. The pastor, Rev. H. h
Faircloth, was assisted by Rev. £
‘ ,H. Styron, of Pine Level, who di
the preaching. The singing wu
; led by Mr. C. J. Thomas, and spec
■, »al music was rendered by th
tchoir at each service.
Poultry Expert
j At Next Meeting
j C. F. Parrish, of State Col
; lege, To Discuss Feed
ing and Care of Baby
Chicks; Other Phases of
Home Demonstration
! W ork
By MINNIE LEE GARRISON
(County Home Agent)
The* meeting of the Johnston
County Poultry Association next
Friday will be featured by a talk
by C. F. Parrish, assistant in Poul
try Extension, State College, Ral
eigh. Mr. Parrish will discuss the
feeding, care, and management of
baby chicks. He will also have some
thing to say concerning the build
ing of proper chicken houses, and
the management of a farm flock
in general.
The association meets Friday at
1 noon with Mrs. D. J. Wellons near
Holt Lake. Those attending are
I asked to carry lunch and the bus
iness meeting will be held immed
iately after lunch. The members
'are requested to take their egg
records for the month, and those
j who were not present at the last
meeting may take their February
j records.
The poultry work is a very prom
ising feature of the county home
demonstration work at present,
| but is by no means all in which
there is interest. Other phases of
! club work are making a splendid
showing, and the county agent ap
preciates the cooperation that
makes the work go forward.
GLENDALE SCHOOL JOINS
IN BOOSTING COTTON
• A - number of* county
schools are expected to fall in line
with the movement now spread
ing in North Carolina fostering
the use of more cotton goods.
Glendale sets the pace by announc
ing that the graduates will have
a “cotton commencement,” the
girls having agreed to wear pretty
J cotton voile dresses. Nothing is
more girlish or attractive than
graduation gowns of this mater
ial, and other schools would do a
good thing, from the standpoint
of appearance, economy and the
patriotic duty of boosting a basic
product, to fallow suit.
FARMERS ROOM IS
BEING RENOVATED
The farmers room in the court
| house is now being fitted up for
demonstration purposes to be used
for the meetings of the county
council. The room will still be
available for other meetings.
.The room has been entirely ren
ovated, the walls having been
tinted a soft gray, and the floor
painted a darker gray. Forty new
chairs have been purchased and
delivered to the room. The next
job is to install a sink, and the
• members of the county council will
be ready to set up their new oil
stove, tables and cabinets.
Nothing the county commis
sioners have done will have such
an appeal to the women and girls .
engaged in home demonstration 4
work in Johnston county as the
fitting up of this room for their
special use.
SEVERAL CLUBS FITTING
UP ROOMS FOR MEETING
The idea of a demonstration
place is growing in the several
communities where there are or
ganized clubs. Recently the Spi
lona club has furnished a room at
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AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
Bj Me—
• “Dry summer i z foliar fell by Wt£>
congressmen." ^Jj
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