BMITHFIEUD NEEDS:
A Modern Hotel.
Chamber of Commerce,
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS
E<chiid0ppor,uni,y for Ever’’ S<'h""1
Detter Marketing System.
More Food and F’eed Crops
VOLUME 45—NO. 28
Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882
* * * _SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1927 * *
EARLY BIRDS
--gather the “first feed!” The earlier j
you do your Spring Advertising in The ’
Herald - - the better for your Prosperity j
“appetite!”
Phone 10 for rates.
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Defer Hearing On
Municipal Projed
Will Be Held In Smith
field Next Wednesday
Afternoon at Three
O’clocJc Before Judge
W. C. Harris.
Quite u delegation from this
city went to Kenansville Wednes
day to be present at the hearing
before Judge W. C. Harris, who
is holding court there this week,
of the restraining order case in
regard to the erection of a munic
ipal building and moving picture
house.
Judge Harris was in the midst
of a long case, and when it was
indicated by the counsel for the
city that it might take an hour
or more to present the conten
tions in the matter, he refused to
go into the case at that time. He
set, however, next Wednesday
afternoon at three o’clock, in the
Johnston county courthouse, as the
time and place for giving due con
sideration to the case.
The hearing was scheduled for
last Monday, April 14, but by con
sent of all the counsel, the day
was deferred to Wednesday, which
time was again changed by the
judge.
Those lawyers appearing for the
city are Abell & Shepard and
Wellons & "Wellons. The lawyer
for the opposition is L. G. Stev
ens.
Among those who went to Ken
ansville Wednesday were: E. S.
Abell, N. C. Shepard, J. A. Wel
Iotis, ,J. D. Underwood, G. K.
Thornton, W. M. Gaskin, L. G.
St everts, Carlton Stephenson, J. E.
Gregor^, Jesse Coats, W\ L. Ful
ler, YU-F. Grimes, K. L. Rose, J.
A. Narron, R. C. Gillett, R. P.
Hilding and Dixon Wallace.
INTEREST IN METHODIST
REVIVAL INCREASES
The revival which began at the
Methodist church Sunday is char
acterized by large crowds, good
singing, and good sermons. The
pastor. Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, is
doing the preaching and the ser
mons Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights dealt with
the home. Last night the first of
a group of sermons on the com
munity, was preached.
The singing is being directed by
Ira W. Medlin, two pianos, and the
pipe organ adding volume to the
music.
The revival program for the
coming week will have as a gen
eral theme: “Saving the Individ
ual.”
Sunday morning: “Our Great
est Problem and its Solution.”
Sunday night: “Hope.”
Monday night: “Let Jesus Come
Into Your Heart.”
Tuesday night: “Writing With
the, Point of a Diamond."
Wednesday: “A Drink That Sat
isfies.$
Thursday night: “How to Get
Religion.”
Friday night: “Repent and Bo
Baptized.”
The hour for the evening serv
ice has been changed from 7:30 to
7:45.
To Attend Dental Meeting.
Dr. J. W. Whitehead will leave
Monday for Greensboro where hi
will attend a state meeting of the
Dental Association. He expects tc
be out of town Monday, Tuesda>
and Wednesday.
Without a doubt, the bob is
passing. A nifty one just passec
our window.
A Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the lino below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field, and if the right one de
ciphers his name and will pre
sent it to The Herald office,
We will present him with a
complimentary ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
be called for before the fol
lowing issue.
Donnie Ward recognized his
name last issue.
Today’s Tantailzer:
janakmcn
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Champion At Three
Intelligence
y Melseal, of Kershcy
Neb., recites Lincoln's Gettysburg
iddress, sings popular songs
cnows the alphabet, adds, sub-'
racts and does many other un
isual intelligence feats. The for
ner known record for Lincoln*!
address by a child of five.
C. M. Thomas Passes
| Away After Lingering
Illness; Funeral Held
Wednesday Afternoon.
Good Citizen
The funeral of Charles M.
Thomas, who died at his home in
j (layton Tuesday after a linger
ing illness, was held Wednesday
iafternoon at three o’clock in the
j Clayton Baptist church, a large
[crowd being present to pay a last
[tribute of respect to one of Clay^
[ ton’s most useful citizens. Dr.
Ira E. D. Andrews, pastor of the
deceased, conducted the service,
assisted by Rev. Marvin Self, pas
tor of the Methodist church. In
terment was made in Maplewood
;cemetery, and a profusion of love
ly flowers covered the mound. The
[ active pallbearers were E. B.
Crow, of Raleigh, J. D. Wall, Ross
Duncan, B. F. Hassell, John T.
Talton, C. W. Carter, Dr. W. J.
Payne, and Dr. B. A. Hocutt.
Honorary pallbearers were C. L.
Barnes, W. P. Creech, R. H. Gower,
G. T. Smith. D. H. Williams, Q. B.
Hocutt, S. E,. Barbour, J. D.
Smith, D. L. Barbour, II. A. Allen,
C. W. Horne, J. M. Turley, J. R.
Williams, H. B. Poole, J. W. Mas
sey, D. J. Thurston, C. P. Allen,
E. B. M(‘Cullers, W. A. Barnes
and C. W. Pender.
Mr. Thomas who was in his G8th
year, is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Katherine Shoe Thomas, to whom
he was married in 1897, his two
daughters, Miss Eugenia Thomas,
of Greenville; Miss Lelia Shore
Thomas, now in school at Greens
boro; his two sons, J. Lea Thomas,
of Greensboro, and Moran Thomas
Jr., of Clayton, his brother, Wal
ter L. Thomas, of Milton, and two
sisters, Mrs. W. S. Dixon, of Me
bane, and Mrs. M. H. Moore, of
Wenverville.
Mr. Thomas was ciusviy
ut«l with the business and social
life of Clayton and held many
places of honor and trust. He has
served as cashier and director of
the hanking company, director of
Clayton Telephone Company, mem
ber of school board, deacon of the
Baptist church, alderman and
mayor of the town.
When the Clayton Banking Com
pany was organized in 1839 Mr.
Thomas was elected cashier, and
he continued to hold the place un
til January, 1918. Under his man
agement the bank made much
progress.
Mr. Thomas was a man who
read a great deal, and a man of
! unusual information aid good
! judgment. He was one of the best
posted and most practical far
mers in till' entire section, and his
advice on agricultural matters was
sought by many.
Benson Missionary Society.
Benson, April 7.—The Woman’s
Missionary Society met Monda;
evening at the home of Mrs. F. L
Perkins, Mrs. W. M. Smith beint
a joint hostess. Mrs. T. Lucas am
Mrs. W. T. Martin were in chargi
of the program. The hostess server
assorted sandwiches and hot teu
Revival Closes
Selma Church
Rev. D. M. Sharpe Con
ducts Meeting At Meth
odist Church; Fourteen
Are Added To Member
ship.
SELMA, April 7.—Rev. D. M.
I Sharpe close a very successful re
vival in Edgerton Memorial Meth
>dist church Sunday evening, April
1. Mr. D. L. Maness, of Concord,
-•vangelistic singer and a former
Miethodist orphanage boy, had
•harge of the music which was a
feature of the meeting. Rev. Mr.
Sharpe used no sensational meth
yls in his services, hut preached
the fundamental truths of the gos
pel and then made earnest appeals.
Fourteen were received into the
church and the membership and
community seemed to get a broad
er vision of life and service. Dur
ing this meeting* a business men’s
prayer service was held each morn
ing at 9:00 in some office or store.
At three o’clock p. m. cottage gray
er meetings were held in four sec
tions of town by the ladies and
at 12:30 Rev. Mr. Shrpe conduct
ed a short service at the Selma
Cotton Mill, with an average at
tendance of 150.
Lovely flowers were kept in
the church during the meeting by
members and interested friends of
the church. A fine spirit of co
operation was manifested by other
churches.
A group of Selma young peo
ple with Miss Ruth Phillips as
chaperone gave a weiner roast at
HolJ; Lake Tuesday evening com
plimentary to Misses Mary Evelyn
Parker and Eunice Temple, who
are at home from N. C. C. W„ for
the spring holidays. A fire w'as
built about sunset and the young
folks gathered Jaround to roast
weiners, toast marshmallows and
enjoy the sandwiches, iced drinks
and other good eats incident to
such an occasion. Those going on
the outing were: Misses Ruth
Phillips. Mary Evelyn Parker, Eu
nice Temple, Rose Worley, Mabel
Barnes, Georgiami Ashworth, Ma
bel Oliver, Mary Parker, Messrs.
F. Wilson, Oscar Creech, Ralph
Woodard, Norman Raiford, W. B.
Oliver, Jr., and Gordon Ausley.
Elizabeth, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wilson of
this city, was brought home from
Rex hospital in Raleigh Sunday,
where she has been in a critical
condition for three weeks. She
has been in a state of coma the
entire time, following an attack
of measles. There is very little
change in her condition except
that she takes a little more nour
ishment now\
FIRMS BUYS A. B. GROCERY
Skinner & Stancil is the style of
the ftrm[ which .has bought out
the A. B. Grocery, a wholesale
concern that has operated in this
city for several years. The new
proprietors, Frank Lawrence Skin
n<|r and Lawrence Stancil, will
run the business in the same loca
tion which is in the building at
the rear of Austin’s department
store. They will carry a complete
stock of heavy and fancy grocer
ies and feedstuffs, and will do
strictly a wholesale business. Mr.
L. H. Sasser and N. R. Stephen
son, who were with the A. B. Gro
cery, will be with the new firm,
Mr. Sasser as local salesman and
Mr. Stephenson as traveling sales
man.
Mr. Skinner and Mr. Stancil are
both well known here where they
have lived all of their lives, and
fare promising young business
jmen. Mr. Skinner is an alumnus
I of the State University at Chapel
Hill and Mr. Stancil is an alumnus
of State College.
CAKE SALE SATURDAY
The finance committee of local
work in the M. E. Missionary So
ciety will conduct a cake and nut
bread sale Saturday at Hood’s drug
store beginning at ten o’clock. Fu
ture orders will also be taken for
cakes at this time.
Royal Ambassadors To Meet.
The Junior Royal Ambassadors
of the Baptist church will meet at
the church Monday afternoon at
|3:30 o’clock. The leader asks that
every member be present.
Singing School
Comes To Close
Seeven Classes Take Pari
In the Day’s Program;
Large Crowd Attends.
PRINCETON, April 7.—The
closing- exercises of the singing
school which has been conducted
here by Mr. C. B. Thomas were
held in the school auditorium,
commencing Sunday morning at 11
o’clock and concluded at 4:30 p. m.
with an intermission for dinner.
There were seven singing classes
taking part in the day’s program,
viz: Tees Chapel, led by Mr. Gard
ner Alford; Johnson Union, by
Mr. R. E. Thoams; Branch Chapel,
by Mr. Monroe Phjllips; Phillips’
Home Choir, by Mr. N. G. Phil
lips; Rains Cross Roads, by Mr.
Bud Williams; Princeton, Senior
and Junior, fry Mr. C. B. Thomas.
Rev. W. M. Ferrell, pastor of the
Freewill Baptist church, gave the
big audience a 15-minute talk at
the afternoon service. Mr. W. G.
Boykin was master of ceremonies
and announced each choir as it
was its turn to sing. All the sing
ing was good and it is a well
Known iarc mai u taKes a lot 01
practice to prepare them for such
an occasion as this. There were
seven hundred fifty persons in the
auditorium at one time at the aft
ernoon service, while some were
coming* in and others going out
all the time. Announcement was
made that an effort would be made
to have this assembly of all the
neighboring singing schools about
this time next year, Providence
permitting. Everybody is given a
hearty invitation to attend any or
all‘the services at the church on
Sunday.
Mr. Sidney Fail’s sawmill came
near being burned one night last
week. It is supposed that the shav
ings around the planing machine
caught fire from a hot bearing and
about 12 o’clock at night fisher
men passing by saw the fire and,
although the mill was saved, all
the belts and planing machine were
ruined.
Mr. Van Talton is building an
up to date brick and cement bun
galow front porch to his home.
After the work and painting are
completed the home will be great
ly improved.
(The town commissioners have
ordered an election to be held on
Tuesday, May 3 for the election
of a mayor and town commission
ers for the ensuing two years. Mr.
W. L. Martin was appointed reg
istrar and Mr. M. B. Rains and
Mr. J. L. Benton as judges of the
election. The registration books
will be at Mr. Martin’s’ place
of business for those to register
who are not already on the book.
Messrs. W. L. Martin, Isaac
Martin, Jake Martin and Leland
Gurley went to Florence, S. C.,
Sunday.
Mrs. Garland Edg-erton is still
on the sick list. Her friends trust
that she will soon be well again.
The friends andi relatives of
Mrs. Lester Aycock will regret to
learn that her condition is very
unfavorable. She is now at the
Johnston county hospital.
Prof. M. P. Young and all the
students of the high school made
a trip to Kinston Tuesday in con
nection with certain study and in
vestigations now before the high
school students.
Mr. John W. Massey, of Clay
ton, was a visitor in town Sunday.
“Cupid Up To Date” was pre
sented at the school auditorium on
Tuesday night to an audience of
three hundred. Everybody seemed
to be pleased with the show, and
many of those who went were
of the opinion that there were go
ing to be some real saucy charac
ters in the show. The fact is the
girls were more modestly dress
ed in this show than they are wher
they walk the streets. The charac
ters wer0 comical only. The
young lady, Miss Alexander, whe
came here from Atlanta to coact
this play, is an artist in her line
and she is Cupid Up To Date, tc
perfection.
Legion Auxiliary To Meet.
The American Legion Auxiliar:
will meet Monday, April 11, a
3:30 p. m. with Miss Ruth Jones
All members and those inter- ste<
in the auxiliary are requested t<
be present.
,
New County Road
Board Organizes
Approves Previous Action
of County Commission
ers To Re-lend $500,
j 000 To State Highway
Commission For Road
Across County.
i
i "
Amori^ the first acts of John
ston s county’s new road commis
sion which hold its initial session
here Monday and Tuesday, was to
approve the action taken previous
ly by the board of county com
missioners to re-lend to the .State
Highway Commission $500,000 for
the construction of the Clinton
Henderson highway passing
through Johnston county. A con
tract was entered into between the
county board and the State High
way Commission providing for re
payment of the loan out of John
ston county’s future allocations
from the state. A restraining or
der is now holding the matter up
until April 18, at which time
there will be a hearing.
* **cv» ‘•uuihj louu commis
sion composed of W. N. Holt, of
Smithfield; C. P. Harper, of Selma;
L. Gilbert, of Benson; Swade Bar
bour, of Clayton, and Dr. J. C.
[Grady, of Kenly, was sworn in
Monday morning: by H. V. Rose,
clerk of the court, and the board
(proceeded to organize. W. N.
Holt was made chairman, Dr. J.
[C. Grady, vice-chairman; C. P.
Harper, secretary. No attorney was
elected by the board, it not being
necessary to employ a special at
torney, but the county attorney,
Paul D. Grady, will be consulted
as need arises.
. The selection of district super
visors was disposed of the fol
lowing* men having been chosen:
District number one composed of
Smithfield, Ingrams and Benton
ville townships, C. H. Johnson;
District number two composed of
Banner. Elevation, Meadow and
Pleasant Grove townships, J. B.
Smith; District number three com
posed of Clayton, Cleveland and
Wilson’s Mills townships, O. G.
Smith; District number four com
posed of Selma, Micro. Wilders
and Pine Level townships, O. A.
McMillan; District number five
composed of Beulah, Boon Hill and
O’Neals townships, Will Raekley.
The majority of these men have
been employed on road work in the
county, and they will receive a sal
ary of $125 per month, the same
compensation as heretofore, their
duties being to have charge of the
maintenance of roads in their dis
trict. They will work in coopera
tion with the commissioner from
their district.
The election of a county engi
neer or supervisor, who will have
oversight of the entire county road
program, was deferred until the
next meeting of the board which
will be on Monday, April 25. Sev
Jeral applications w’ere presented
(at the meeting this week, but the
board is taking plenty of time in
the selection of the man who will
have the most revsponsible job of
the road building program.
The supervisors were present at
the session Tuesday, and gave an
inventory of all road equipment
in the county. This was desired in
order that the road machinery
may be distributed in the various
districts.
The new board had barely got
organized before delegations be
gan to make their appearance. A
delegation from Goldsboro was be
fore the board asking that John
ston county join with the govern
ing bodies of Wayne and Harnett
counties in petitioning the State
Highway Commission to take over
as a State Highway the road from
Goldsboro via Newton Grove to
Dunn a part of which passes
through Johnston county. The
Johnston board turned the propo
sition down.
Another delegation, a group from
Clinton, presented the proposition
that Johnston county ask the
State Highway Commission tc
take over, construct and maintain
a road from Smithfield to the
Sampson county line through Ben
’ tonville. This proposition, too
was voted down because of the
previous action taken by the John
1 ston county commissioners in re
,gard to the Henderson-Clintor
vay, which if it goes into ef
T. E. Talton New
Traffic Officer
County Commissioners
Appoint Taxlisters and
Assessors For 1927 Re
valuation; No Action
Yet On Carnivals.
The two day session of the goun- j
ty board of commissioners held
here this week was featured by the
appointment of tax listers for the
various township, the appointment
of tx assessors for the township,
and the selection of T. E. Talton,
as traffic officer as recommended
by the Grand Jury of the last Sup
erior court.
The taxlist takers who will re
ceive $3.00 per day compensation
are as follows:
Smithfield, W. D. Avera; Wil
son's Mills, J. W. Tomlinson; Ben
tonville, W. H. Upchurch; Selma.
R. H. Siler; Pine Level, Alex
Wiggs; Beulah, Albert Hooks; Mi-1
cro, J. R. Atkinson; Wilders. R. A. !
Nowell; Pleasant Grove, Claude |
Stephenson; Ingrams, N. H. Bar- [
bour; Elveation, W. L. Massengill; i
Boon Hill, C. II. Holt; Cleveland,:
J. E. Jones; Clayton, O. N. Gul- !
ley; Oneals, J. William Oneal; ,
Meadow, T. L. Hudson; Banner. C.
K. weeks.
The following were appointed as
township assessors for the revalu
ation of 1927, who will also re
ceive $3.00 per day and expenses:
Smithfield, John A. Johnson and
J .W. Stephenson; Banner, L. P.
Denning and Preston Woodall;
Meadow', J. Primro Johnson and
D. J. Wood; Selma, W. W. Hare
and W. B. Roberts; Clayton, C. P.
Ellis and D. J. Yelvington; Wild
ers, J. T. Barnes and Robert Bar
bour; Oneals, P. B. Chamblee and
Harvey Parker; Wilson’s Mills,
Clyde Youngblood and J. N. Las
siter; Micro, M. Hinnant and J.
A. Peele; Beulah, W. G. Rose and
W. J. Massey; Bentonville, Seth
Lassiter and LaFayette Langston;
Elevation, A. C. Johnson and Em
mett Jones; Ingrams, John W.
Sanders and Joe Ward; Cleveland,
F. M. Weeks and John Myatt;
Pleasant Grove, Willie Lee and E.
A. Holland. These assessors ■will
meet the county board of commis
sioners on April 20, to get instruc
tion concerning the assessing of
real and personal property.
Among the tax adjustments
made by the board this week were
these:
Ordered that Miss Rebecca Poole
be refunded for $17.76, 1926 tax
paid twice.
Ordered that Mrs. T. S. Rags
dale be paid tax on $4000 on ac
count of error 1926.
Ordered tljat Solomon E. Creech
be released of $375 tax valuation
in Selma township listed there by
The board during? Friday’s ses
sion filled the vacancy in the con
stableship of Boon Hill township
occasioned by the death of Floyd
J. Langley. Chas. E. Edwards was
appointed as his successor.
An order was also passed author'
izing the Board of Education to
borrow $30,000 in order to finish
paying for the six months school
term.
H. A. Watson, present auditor,
was appointed as county account
ant.
The matter of not allowing carn
ivals in the county which was pre
sented by a delegation from Clay
ton, Wilson's Mills, Kenly and
Smithfield, was not disposed of at
this week's session, but will come
up for later consideration.
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CHOIR PRACTICE TONIGHT
A choir practice for the Easter
music at the Baptist church will
be held tonight at 7:30 promptly
at the home of Mrs. M. A. Wal
lace. Everyone interested in the
music is asked to attend this choir
practice.
feet, will take care of this roaci
as well as one extending to th:
Wake line.
Before the commission adjourn
ed, a motion was carried authoriz
ing the employment of A. M. Pul
len and company, public account
ants, to audit u;e reports of thi
various road boards in tV^-uint;
as they are presented to ti. V ev
commission, and to set up a
plete system of bookkeeping. I
Miss Smithfield
Miss Ruby Woodall, daughter of
Mr. an it Mrs. Edwin Woodall of
the Sanders Chapel section, is
Smithfield’s queen at the East
Carolina Exposition at Rocky
Mount this week. She holds a po
sition in this city with the Ear
mers Bank and Trust company.
Miss Woodall attendd 1h eexposi
tion Monday when all the queens
were first presented, and returned
to Rocky Mount yesterday when
they were presented again. To
night the contest will end and the
coronation ceremony will take
Train Kills Man
At Station Here
Leslie Davis of Kinston
Driving a Truck Is Hit
By Train No. 80; Dies
An Hour Later.
A trag-ic accident took place at
the station here Wednesday after
noon at 1:40 o’clock, when Train
No. 80 hit a bottling truck, driv
en by Leslie Edgar Davis, of Kin
ston, injuring Mr. Davis so se
verely that he died about an hour
later.
A negro, Joseph Smith, was on
the truck when Mr. Davis started
to drive on the A. C. L. track at
the crossing south of the station,
but seeing the train, he jumped
and escaped any injury. Mr. Davis
failed to see the train.
Dr. Orr was called to the scene,
and the injured man was taken to
the Johnston County Hospital
where at 2:45 o’clock he passed
away. An undertaker from Kin
ston took the body to Kinston
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Davis, who was 30 years
old, was married. Relatives from
Kinston came to iSfmithfield as
soon as the sad affair was known.
INDIAN BOY' INDER CARE
OF WELFARE OFFICER
Leslie Sanderson, a twelve-year
old Cherokee Indian boy o*f Robe
son county, is spending- several
days under the care of Mrs. D.
J. Thurston, county welfare offi
cer, until his father instructs what
to do with him. The little fellow,
who speaks broken English, left
his grandfather’s honte near Lum
Iberton, a few days ago and was
|UU ms way 10 nna ms lather, who,
he says, is in Newport News, Va.
He walked and got rides as far
as Four Oaks, where some one
took enough interest in him to
bring him to the welfare officer.
His father has been communicat
ed with, who no doubt will send !
for him in a short time. The boy’s
father is a white man, but his
mother is a full-blood Indian. The
little boy had been given to his
paternal grandfather. He did not
leave home because of any ill
treatment, but because he just
wanted to go to his father. He
wears good clothes and says he
attends an Indian school.
Baptist Church.
Sunday school 9:30. The pastor
' will preach an important sermon
’ to the church at 11, and asks for
' a full attendance of the members.
- Evangelistic service 7:30. Inter
mediate B. Y. P. U. 8:45.
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| Cotton Meeting
To Be Held Here
Cotton Specialists Will
Make Speeches; Dem
onstration In Cotton
At Warehouse.
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Wednesday, April 13, will be a
big day for Johnston county far
mers at Smithfield, according to
an announcement being sent out
this week by Messrs. J. w. Steph,
enson and J. P. Parker, prominent
Johnston county farmers. All
cotton growers of Johnston county
are invited to attend a meeting
which will be held in the court
house at 2:30 in the afternoon, to
; e part in the discussion of threo
|subjects which are of much im
portance to the cotton growers
j'vho hope to make any money from
jlheir cotton crop. The discussions
will be led by Dr. R. Y. Winters,
Director of North Carolina Exper
iment Stations, and Dr. B. Vi.
Kilgore, President of the Ameri
can Cotton Growers Exchange and
of the N. C. Cotton Growers Asso
ciation, and Earl Betts, govern
ment licensed cotton grader.
Dj\ Winters will show the far
mers the value in dollars and cents
of growing the better types of
cotton.
Dr. Kilgore, who is well known
in Johnston county will discusg
‘'The Farmers’ Largest Problem
and National Legislation." Effi
cient marketing is recognized as
the cotton growers biggest prob
lem and Dr. Kilgore is well qual
ified to discuss this subject. Farm
Legislation has been one of the
chief subjects in the public mind
for months. Dr. Kilgore perhaps,
has played a more prominent part
in the fight for National Legisla
tion to help cotton farmers than
any other one man in the South,
and he is better qualified to dis
cuss this subject than any other
person.
Immediately following the meet
ing in the courthouse the farmers
will go to the Farmers’ Cotton
warehouse where a demonstration
will be given by Mr. Betts, of how
cotton is sampled and classed by
govrenment licensed graders. The
farmers ’.rill have an opportunity
to see for themselves the differ
ence between grades and staples.
burglars enter
FOUR OAKS STORE
FOUR OAKS, April 7.—During
the early morning hours today
Mr. W. R. Keen’s store was en
tered and several articles of cloth
ing were taken from it. The en
trance was made through a tran
som over the back door. It was
thought a ladder was placed up to
the transom and entrance was
made by breaking the glass.
Several pairs of shoes, some
clothing and neckties were taken
by the robber or robbers. The
exit was made through the back
door, which was left unlocked.
No direct clue has been found
to identify the thieves. However,
they were tracked from the back
door down a back alley. Here it
seems they made their getaway on
a car.
a card of’Thanks
I wish to thank the many friends
ind neighbors for their kindness
shown during the long illness and
ieath of my husband. I also want
.0 thank the American Legion for
iheir services rendered. May God
Dless every one.
MRS. W. L. BARDEN.
A woman’s mission on earth is
to convince some man that he
ought to get married.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
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