MMITHFIELD NEEDS:
A Modern Hotel.
Chamber of Commerce.
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
Equal Opportunity for Every School
Child.
Hetter Marketing System.
More Food and Feed Crops
VOLUME 45—NO. 29
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Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882
* * . SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1927
EARLY BIRDS
- gather the * first feed!'* The earlier
you do your Spring Advertising in The
Herald - . the better for your Prosperity
“appetite!”
Phone 10 for rates.
$2.00 PER YE AT
Major Topics In
State’s Capital
Investigation at Morgan
ton State Hospital; Talk
of Flaws In County
Finance Act; Veteran’s
Loan Act Valid
By M. L. SIII I’M \ .\
RALKIGH, April 1 I.—Investiga
tion of the charts r»f filthiness
and neglect at the Morgan! >:i
State Hospital, talk of flaws in the
county finance act which some
thought might necessitate an ex
tla session of the General As
sembly, thn action of t}i<» Supreme
Gourt declaring valid the provis
i°ns °t the Veteran's Loan Act,
the meeting „f the new County
Government commission to dis
' uss plans for making up the
county budgets and the decision of
the State Highway Commission to
take over additional miles of roads
far improvement and maintenance :
may be considered among major !
topics discussed in official circle-!
during' the week. (Governor Me- j
i.ean and State Treasurer I.aey [
put the "finishing* touch" on the
recent issue of State lends and
returned from New York early I
in the week.
Attorney General Brummitt be
gan on Wednesday the investiga- |
lion authorized by the General
Assembly of the charges of mis
treatment of H. B. Williams, of
Beaufort county, while a patient I
at the State Hospital at Morgan- I
ton on request of the Williams
family. Revolting conditions in the I
quarters occupied by Williams were !
pictured by his wif,» who boldly j
charged that her husband had t
been murdered bv the institution.
She and other witnesses testified I
that he had gone there a sound
man physically and came away in <
a horrible condition, dying short- j
ly after reaching home. The man- j
agement of the hospital and a
number of assistants who testi
fied denied the charges of g*ross j
iM'git'ii itiiu im-Mifauunu, testi
fying that Williams was placed in
the ward with other patients with
like afflictions, his trouble being
characterized as senile dimentia
which necessitated segregation
from those otherwise afflicted. j
Supt. MacCampbell stressed the i
need for more money with which
to employ additional assistants re- !
luting that there were about 40 i
patients in the ward with Wil- !
liams who were being looked aft- I
or by three* day and one night
attendants, because they had no
funds with which to employ a!
greater number.
Chester B. Masslich, New York
lawyer and bond attorney for the
state, has found apparent flaws
in the wording of the 1927 county
finance act and suggests an in
junction to prevent printing and
publishing of the public laws by
the Secretary of the Stat.e The
suggestion of Mr. Masslich start
ed talk of an extra session of the
General Assembly to remedy the
defects. This idea found few ad
herents and a conference of State
officials with Governor McLean on
his return from New York voted
to have the constitutionality of
the act determined in the usual
way, through a test case, which
will be brought when some coun
ty attempts to sell bonds under
the act.
The test case brought against the
Veteran’s Loan Act to settle the
allegations of paternalism, ex
travagance and class legislation
has been settled by the Supreme
Court favorable to the “boys’’ and
Please turn to page three
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 wifi pr« -
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.
Jack Mann recoginized his
name last issue.
Todays -Tantailzer:
The Old Uriah Baucomb Place
Tliis untenanted, dilapidated house located on Iliphway Number In
111 Clayton Township, which was hurtled a few days upo, has m his
torical interest tor Johnstonians. It was at this place tliat IlcnicC
W ehster in May 1847. while enroulo from Kuleiph to W’ilminpton. left
his curt mpa- and entered the tie',I where seine hand- were ph.wiier and
examined the plows expressing: his surprise that farmers here still re
tained such primitive implement ■ as the old ctitier and dapper plows.
in an issue of the Herald of May 11, lstth, the hh ■ W. M. Sandei .
t'dd the t..ry of Webster's \isit t„t .his section, tellinp thd his nasty,
which iiuduiud W. I{. dales, Kihior ,,f the llaleiph Kepi ter. orpan of
tile Whip Party of the State, dined in Smithflehi a! li e old lintel Tel
fair
Great River Is
On A Rampage
Fear of Breaks in Levees
of the Mississippi Dis.
appear As Waters Be
gin To Recede
M KM PI I IS, Torn., April 10.—
Flout! conditions at Columbus, Ky..
:tnd Burks Landing, Miss., where
levee breaks on the Mississippi
Liver have appeared imminent for
several days, were considerably re
lieved today, according to infor
mation reaching here.
The river was reported falling
at Columbus, where a break in
the municipal levee has been ex
pected momentarily since th«- flood
-tag,, was reached early last week.
Only a skeleton levee, undermined
through half its thickness. has
held the waters for more than a
week. The river is above the town
there at its present statye.
im i:k \vmm;i>.
Unless the river shows an un
precedented rise, the weak place in
the private levee at Burks Land
ing- will hold, according- to \V. I..
Head, of the Yazoo-Missippi Levee
Distreit, at Clarksdale. "We be
lieve we have the old stream whip
lied," he said tonight.
Major John C. 11. Lee, in charge
of the United States engineers in
the third river district, with head
quarters at Vicksburg. Miss., ar
rived in Memphis tonight from
Little Rock, Ark., by airplane. lie
has made a plane inspection of
the Arkansas Tributaries to the
Mississippi in his district, lie is
sued a statement that the govern
ment levees in the third district
would hold.
The rains in the Ohio basin dur
ing the past few days will only
bring the river back to its crest,
if any change is caused, in the
«.pini> n of meteorologists. Falling
water was reported at several
points in the upper high water
districts tonight.—Associated
FIND I.OST DIAMOND
IN I’llI(‘KEX’S GIZZARD
GREENVILLE, Apr. 7—Scratch
ing away in the dirt on the farm
iof R. L. Smith, a few miles from
[Greenville, a year old chicken de
posited in his craw a diamond val
ued at several hundred dollar?
which had been lost by Mrs. Smitl'
about three years ago. Knowledge
of the unusual gastronic feat was
not divulged, however, until yes
terday when the precious stone
was found in the c! ken's gizzarc
by a young lady who was prepar
ing the fowl for cooking. This
was the third time thai this par
tieular stone had been lost, bu
each time it has been returned it
some unexpected manner.
A railway sup.":ntendent order
ed that all accidents must be re
'ported immediately. Recently h<
received a wire: “Man fell fron
platform in front of moving train
Will wire details later.”
Five minutes ticked by, the1
came another telegram: “Every
thing O. K. Nobody hurt. Engin
was going backward.”
St .
c/o
Mayor Proclaims
pecial Campaign
Asks Cooperation In Na
tion-Wide Fire-Preven
tion And Clean-Up
Campaign
'* ith th0 season of tin year at
haml when people turn tlu*ir
thoughts to civic matters it is ex
pedient and proper for all citizens
of the city to think in terms of
collective civic responsibility with
reference to fire hazard and fire
waste. We should all reflect a
moment on the enormous loss by
fir,- within tin* borders of our own
commonwealth which amounted to
more than $fi.dll*,:>20 last year, la
our own City of Smithfield the fire
loss- was approximately $37/100.
Fire is one of man’s best serv
ants and yet carelessly used, one
of his most cruel masters. Fires
originate anywhere and most ev
erywhere, cellars, attics, bad or de
fective chimneys, defective heat
ing- apparatus, matches, smoking,
electric irons, oil stoves and
ranges, gas jets and numerous
other ways. The doctrine of per
sonal responsibility in preventing
and minimizing fire hazard should
be the paramount objective sought
in each community. We have in
North Carolina what is generally
known as Clean up and Fire Pre
vention Week. This campaign for
a cleaner and better city should
appeal to every citizen within the
[corporate limits.
j On April 15th for the first time
I a nation-wide fire Prevention and
[Clean up Campaign will be inau
gurated in America. Let us all co
operate to the fullest extent in
renovating our premises both res
idential and commercial. Now,
(Therefore, 1, John A. Narron,
(Mayor of the City of Smithfield,
do designate and set apart he
wecK oi -April i;> to inclusive,
as Fire Prevention Clean-up Week
to be observed by being- diligent in
making our premises as aforesaid,
more beautiful and reducing the
fire hazard as much as possible
within our community. I further
,call on all civic bodies to cooper
ate with the local authorities in
helping to engender the spirit into
our people of reducing fire hazard
and its resultant consequences.
Done in the City of Smithiield in
jthis the one hundredth fiftieth
•year of our American Independ
ence in the year of our Lord one
j thousand nine hundred and twen
ty-seven.
JOHN A. NARRON, Mayor.
By the Mayor:
W. L. FULLER, City Clerk.
HOM1: 1)P: MON STR ATI ON
COUNCIL TO MEE1
Next Saturday afternoon at. tw<
. o’clock the County Council oi
Home Demonstration work vvil
11meet in its newly renovated roon
.jin the basement of the courthouse
A full attendance is desried.
Without a doubt, some of thesi
• pretty flappers look good enougl
I to eat—and sometimes they will
| Recorder's Corn*
Has Full Docke
More Than Dozen Crinii
nal Cases Disposed o
in Last Week’s Court
—
Recorder's Court was in sessioi
j Tuesday, Wednesday anti Thurs
day of last week, the followup cas
es coming: up for trial:
Bernice Thomas was in court fo
operating1 a car while under the in
fIuence of whiskey. He entered :
plea of guilty and was sentence
to jail for a term of fiO days to hi
worked on the roads of Johnstoi
County. The road sentence wa.>
suspended upon the payment of $5(
**nd the cost, and on condi
tion that the defendant does no:
violate the prohibition law aguir
in the next twelve months.
Hayden Drake entered a plea o
guilty to a warrant charging; as
saul*. Prayer for judgement wa.
icontinued for two years upon the
: payment of $1?/) to the prosecuting
j witness and the payment of cost.
Purdo Lucas was charged with
assault with deadly weapon and in
i'* nt to kill and resisting- officer. He
Mas bound over to Superior Court
i n charge of assault with
h adly weapon with intent to kill.
He was found guilty of resisting
, officer and was sentenced to jail
1 f"r a term of 00 days to he work
ed on the county roads. He was
aDo taxed with the cost. The
i"ud sentenc{. was suspended upon
the payment of $100 fine and the
ii"lines was found guilty
<<f violating the prohibition laws,
and was sent to the county roads
f<>r "0 days. He was also requir
ed to pay the cost. John Holmes
was also found guilty of larceny
and was sentenced to the county
roads for six months and taxed
■with the cost. '1 he road sentence
in this case is to begin at the ex
piration of the sentence in the
first case.
Down Allen was given one week
to pay a fin0 of $l’5 and cost for
violating the prohibition laws.
The state failed to convict Alex
flyrd, who was charged with lar
ceny.
Clair W illiams plead guilty of
operating a slot machine. .lodge
ment was suspened for term of
two years upon the payment of
the cost and upon condition that
he does not allow any gambling
device in or on his primises in the
next two years.
M. P. Sullivan entered a plea
of guilty to a warrant charging
disposing of crops without paying
rents. Prayer fur judgement was
continued for a term of two years
|tipon the payment of the cost,
i ( ■ Adams entered a plea of
|n°l contendre to a charge of as
!S*udt. Prayer for judgement was
Turn to page three, please
" AMERICAN LECIOX TO
TAKE lead in cam pa kin
L Simultaneous with a procla
* motion by the mayor of this
city comes the announcement
that the American Legion will
join forces and probably take
the lead in making the fire pre
vention clean-up campaign in
this city a real success. The
Legion has always evinced a
civic interest in Smithfield, and
it is worthy of commendation
that this organization means
to make the campaign this year
more worth while than usual.
Baptist To Hold
Mission School
Dr. J. W. Lowe, Mission,
ary To China, Will Be
One Of Principal Speak
ers
A school of missions will he
.'held in the Baptist church here
;beginning next Sunday and con
i tinuing through the week follow
ing, with two sessions a day. This
course aims to offer an opportun
ity, not only to the people of
Smithfield. but to all the church
people within reach of Smithfield,
to enjoy a course of great educa
I tional and inspirational value.
Three main speakers are on the
program, the leading one being
lh\ J. \\. Lowe, one of the out
standing- missionaries of the South
ern Baptist Convention, who has
spent a long period in China. He
!' expected to speak next Sunday
morning and night, and each night
during the week. Sunday after
noon at three o’clock Mrs. H. M.
Finch, of Docky Mount, widely
known in this section of-the state
as a speaker of unusual ability,
will be the principal speaker at a
mass meeting, which will offer
attractive musical numbers.
During the week. Miss Ger
trude Mattison, field worker in
the .Johnston Association for the
Woman’s Missionary Union, will
teach three courses afternoon and
evening, assisted by Mrs. S. L.
Morgan. Tht. courses are: 1. In
the Manual of the W. M. U.; 2.The
V. W. A. book on China. Mission
ary Glimpses; 3 A course for the
Royal Ambassadors and Girls’
Auxiliaries, using Brain's Mis
sionary Stories. Mrs. H. H. Rad
ford and Miss Lolly Williams will
conduct a story hour several aft
ernoons for the children of the
Sunbeams.
American Legion Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of
the American Legion will be held
Wednesday evening at the court
house at 7:45 o’clock. Legion
naires are urged to attend. An
other silver loving cup is said to
be in the air.
SEND IN YOUR VOTE NOW FOR THE FIVE
MASTER FARMERS IN JOHNSTON COUNTY
l or the Iiasl throe years State College has been awarding at
inmininiement a eertilicate nf mritorious Service In one or more
amiors. these men are usually nominated through the County
arm Agent. Johnston ( ounty, though one of the best farming
counties m the state and nation, has no farm agent. Johnston
t ountj has some splendid farmers who ought to he considered in
thm connection, and The Herald would like to have the names of
such persons, which would he turned over to State College au
thorities who have the matter in charge. Therefore we are ask
mg all readers ol the Southfield Herald to send in their vote this
''teh lor the Master Farmer in this County. Think over the
larmors you know and test them by the following considerations,
and then mail the ballot at once.
1. I he man must be a bona hide farmer and must have been
successful in some line of farming.
2. He must have taken a leading part in doing something to
auf fhe people «f the community and state to a fuller and more
fruitful life on the farm.
•k He must be of good moral character.
USE THIS BALLOT
M> \ott> lor five Johnston Muster Farmers is as follows:
(1) Name . ..
Address ...
(2) Name .
Address ...*
CO Name ...
Address .
(1> Name ...
Address .
(">) Name .... ..
My name is ..
Address ..
| Fighting Ships In
Chinese Waters
Shanghai Now Has Big
gest Array Of Alien
Ships Of Any Port In
World
SHANGHAI, China, April 10.—
China’s troubles have brought t(
gether in Chinese waters the
gi eatest international naval con
centration ever seen in the orient
for the protection of foreign lives
and interest. *
Shanghai presents tod l$r a great
er array of foreign fighting craft.
Hying* the flags of eight non-Chi
nese nations, than any other port
m the world. There are 172 fight
ing ships in Chinese waters be
sides oOO odd naval auxiliaries such
as transports, colliers, tugs and
similar vessels.
The nations represented by this
great armada are the United
States, Great Britain, Japan. It
aly, France, Spain, Portugal and
the Netherlands. In command are
eight admirals, three Americans,
three British, one Japanese and
one French.
^umirai Liarence S. William*,
eommander-in-chief of the United
States Asiatic fleet, is the senior
ofTicer of the fleet. The other
American admirals are Rear Ad
miral Henry H. Hough, command
ling the Yangtse patrol, and Rear
I Admiral John R. Blakely, com
| manding the third light cruiser
jdivision consisting of the Rich
I mond, Marblehead and Cincinnati.
The British admirals are Vice
| Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt.
|Rear Admiral \Y. H. P. Boye and
■ Rear Admiral John E. Cameron.
'Rear Admiral Araki is in command
iof the Japanese forces and Rear
j Admiral Basiere of the French
I forces.
The lineup of the fighting ships
is as follows: Great Britain, 7G;
Japan, 4'J; United States, .30;
France, 10: Italy, 4; Spain, 1;
Portugal, 1; Netherlands, 1.
Forty-five of these vessels are
concentrated at Shanghai where
all eight nations are represented;
forty-six are patrolling the
Yangtse river and the remainder
are standing by at coast ports,
including a British concentration
of 14 ships at Hongkong or on
mobile duty.
The great armada of foreign
ships does not include any capital
j vessels, but contain some of the
world’s most modern and efficient
light cruisers, notably the Ameri
can third light cruiser division un
jder Rear Admiral Blakeley. The
British first and fifth cruiser
[squadrons, totaling 13 vessels, are
|modern, speedy and heavily gun
ned ships, of which the most ef
fective are the Hawkins. Vice Ad?
mral Tyrwhitt’s flag ship, and the
Forbisher, which is at Hongkong.
—Associated Press.
PROHIBITION POSITIONS
IN CIVIL SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11.
—The United States Civil Service
Commission today launched its
country-wide campaign to recruit
eligibles for the 2500 positions in
the Bureau" of Prohibition which
were classified under the civil
service law by the Act of March
3, 1927. The Commission announc
ed open competitive examinations
for the following positions:
1 1. Chief of field division, at
$6,000 a year.
I ’ Prohibition zone supervisors,
'at $5,200 a year,
j 24 Prohibition administrators, at
$4,000 to $0,000 a year.
I 24 Assistant prohibition admin
istrators (enforcement work) at
$3,300 to $5,200 a year.
24 Assistant prohibition admin
istrators (permissive work) at $3
300 to $5,200 a year.
| 50 Deputy prohibition adminis
Jtrators, at $3,000 to $4,600 a year
2 Field office inspectors, at $3,
jS00 to $3.P0u a year.
1 Associate field office inspector
at $3,000 to $3,600 a year.
18 Senior prohibition investiga
tors, at $3,800 a year.
109 Prohibition investigators, a
$3,000 a year.
53 Junior prohibition investigu
tors, at $2,400 a year.
228 Prohibition agents, at $2,40
a year.
1260 Junior prohibition agent:
at $1,860 a year.
302 Warehouse watchmen, £
Command of U. S,
Forces in China —
art- the commanders givei
;ull authority to protect U. S. cite
tens ami property in China. Above,
Rear-Admiral C. a JViltiams, h:
command of all U. a Naval forces.
Below, Cent ral SmedJey D. Butler,
arriving at Shanghai to take^batci
of the Marines.
City’s New Fire
Truck Arrives
Official Tests Will Be
Made This Week; Fire
Department Now Equi
pped For Almost Any
The* new Seagraves fire truck
purchased by the town of Smith
held some time ago has arrived in
the city, and official tests will be
made during the next four or five
days. The truck at present is un
der the supervision of J. D. Jolly,
of Columbus, Ohio, factory repre
sentative. He will have charge of
the truck until the State Insur
ance Department has time to in
spect and accept it. Then it will
be formally turned over to the
city.
The new truck makes Smith
field’s fire department second to
none. It will now be able to fight
a fire ot almost any magnitude.
The new truck carries a centrifu
gal pump, which pumps a thous
and gallons of water a minute.
The new truck cost $12,500.
Those who have charge of the
fire apparatus are: W. H. Lassi
ter. fire commissioner; Bernice L.
Jones, fire chief; S. E. Hogwood,
chief operator, who has charge of
the trucks.
_
x. C. HAS BLUE LAWS, TOO
j North Carolina just simply will
not let her sister state on the
South &v‘t ahead of her in any way.
Just at the time when Governor
Richardson, of South Carolina, is
putting his state on the map
through the rigid enforcement of
the “blue laws,” lo, and behold,
somebody up at Raleigh scratches
around among the rubbish and
finds an old dusty statute which
says that the commonwealth also
has “blue Sunday laws.” So if
Governor McLean will just sit
down on the lid like the govemoi
of South Carolina did. this state
will quit inviting the fellows frorr
South Carolina up for Sunday golf
—'Stanley News-Herald.
$1,140 to $1,180 a year.
74 Attorneys, at $1,800 to $5,
200 a year.
1 Copies of the examination an
nouncements and application blank
■ may be obtained from the Unite
States Civil Service Commissioi
t Washington. D. G., or from th
secretary of the local board c
- civil service examiners at the po;
office in this or any other cit:
* The examination announcemen*
give detailed information regart
> ing the scope of the examination
and the requirements for entrant
t thereto.
)
Baptist Churches
To Hold Rallies
Inspirational Meeting Tc
Be Held at Selma, Ken
ly, Pisgah, Four Oaks
and Clayton
By REV. R. L. SHIRLEY.
The Executive Board of the
Johnston Association is planning
or a great week following Easter
Sunday. Through the courtesy of
he Foreign Mission Board of:
Richmond, Va., and Rev. S. L.
•Morgan, the chairman of the ex-'
‘cutive committee, those in charge
»t the rallies have been able to
{•cure the services of Dr. John W.
-owe, of China, for a full week.
f>i\ Lowe is a man of pleasing
personality and a speaker of rare
tbility. He is not only a great
| -tudent but a man of great heart
j power. He will be the principal
-peaker at the four rallies to be
! held at Pisgah, April 18. at Selma,'
j April 10, at Kenly, April 20, at
Four Oaks, April 21, and at Clay
ton, April 22. These meetings will
begin promptly at 10:00 a. m. and
will continue to 3:00 p. m. with a
short intermission during the
jnoon hour at which time a light
I lunch will be served.
The program; will consist of
congregational singing led by Mr.
H. B. Smith, recently of Annap
olis, Md., who will also render,
special music including solos play
ed on an ordnia’*y handsaw; de
votional services conducted by
the pastors; the organized work
among the women by Miss Ger
trude Mattison, W. M. U. Leader
of the association; a special mes
sage at 11:15 each morning by a
selected speaker; lunch hour at
noon followed at one o’clock by a
sacred song service and special
music; then an inspirational ad
dress on “Twenty Years in China”
by Dr. J. W. Lowe.
Let every Christian in each
community plan now to attend the
meeting nearest him. Every Bap
tist pastor is urged to be pres
ent and is earnestly requested to
see that there shall be representa
tives from every church in the as
sociation. Let no one imagine that
these meetings are mere make
shifts for they will be epoch-mak
ing in the lives of all who at-"
tend. “Let us come up to the help
of the Lord against the mighty”
and receive the inspiration that
will send us back to our churches
to do a greater work for our
Master.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
PINE LEVEL CHI RCH
The revival services which be
gan at Pine Level last Sunday
will continue through Friday
night, April 15. The pastor, Rev.
R. L. Shirley, is preaching at 3:30
and 7: 30 p. m. each day. Large
congregations are in attendance
upon the services. Rev. S. H. Sty
ron and the Freewill church out of
courtesy to the pastor and his
■people called off their service on
I Sunday night and came in great
!numbers. Mr. H. B. Smith, recent
ly of Annapolis, Md., is leading
the song service. He is a fine lead
er. an excellent soloist and in ad
dition he plays solos on an ordi
nary handsaw. He is a very tine
helper. A cordial invitation to all
ito attend the services is extend
ed.
Baptist Choir Practice.
The director of the Faster music
at the Baptist church requests i»
full practice on Thursday eve
ning at the home of Mrs. M. A.
Wallace at eight o’clock.
! AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
3y Me—•
e “Hit laic ded co-whop man in a
Jtryln’ ter advatix Mista fr'oda."