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SMITH FI ELD NEEDS: A Modern Hotel. Chamber of Commerce. * * * JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: Equal Opportunity for Every School Child. Better Marketing System. More Food and Feed Crops. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1927 ! IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD C JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. $2.00 PER YE VOLUME 45—NO. 39 * * v * * * Number Cases Ir* Recorder’s Court Three Days Consumed In Hearing Evidence In Array of Cases Recorder's court convened Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday of last week and disposed of quite a number of cases. Those not re ported in the last issue, are as follows: State vs. Eli Blackwell charged with carrying a concealed weapon. Plea of guilty. Sentenced to jail for term of 60 days to be worked on the roads of Johnston county and to pay the cost, road sentence to be suspended upon payment of $60 fine and cost. State vs. Willie Finch, charged vith carrying concealed weapon. Sentenced to jail for a term of 60 days to be worked on the roads of Johnston county and to pay the cost, road sentence to be suspend ed upon payment of $50 fine and cost. State vs. ,Almetta Durham, char ged with assault and carrying con cealed weapon. Guilty of both) Judgment suspended upon pay ment of cost as to assault. As to charge of carrying concealed wea pon, defendant sent to jail for a teYm of 60 days to be worked in jail as sheriff sees fit and pay 5^*st. St a»‘ vv■ Willie Parker and C. A. Hayc\ charged with violating the prohibition laws. Each defend ant was foundXguilty of possession and manufacture^and each was sentenced to jail ffrr a term of 00 days to be workeiaVm the roads of Johnston county pay one half the costs. Road sentence was to be suspended upon payment of j a fine of $100 and oik half edst each. An appeal was taken to the Superior court. State vs. Arthur Miller, charg-- > cd with operating a car while un- I der the influence of whiskey. Guil- | ty. Sentenced to jail for term of j DO days to lie worked on roads of Johnston 'ounty and pay cost.! Road sertence was to be suspend- 1 ed upm payment of $25 fine and ! Vopt State vs. Jasper Godwin, charg ed with violation of the prohibi tion laws. Found guilty of pos- ! session. Sent to jail for a term j of sixty days to be worked on , the roads of Johnston county and to pay the cost. Capias not to is- j sue upon payment of $50 fine and j cost. An appeal was taken to Su perior court. State vs. Daniel Watson, charg ed with larceny. Defendant found guilty and sent to jail for a term of 60 days to be worked on the roada of Johnston county and pay cost. Appeal was taken to Super ior court. State vs. Robert Williams charged with abandonment and non-support. Guilty. Sentenced to jail for a term of four months to be worked on roads Johnston county and pay cost. Road sen tence to be suspended upon con dition that defendant get a job within 30 days and that he sup port his wife and children and pay cost of the action. Two cases of State vs. Robert Hinton, charged with giving worthless check. Nol pros with ' State vs. Del mo Sanders charg ed with operating car without the proper lights and proper license tags. Plead guilty. Sent to jail for term of 30 days to be worked on roads of Johnston county and pay cost. Road sentence to 'be sus pended upon payment of cost and on condition that defendant se Turn to page four, pleas* 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. Mrs. Rose 13. Sugg recog nized her name last issue. Today-* -fantailzer: jrnekimmmnkii Mill Creek Christian Church ERECTED in 1846, is still in splendid state of preservation. Do you know of another church building in thd county so old? Church Built 80 Years At o Stands Mill Creek Christian Church In Bentonville Township Is One of the Oldest In County The accompanying cut presents i familiar picture to many read irs of the Herald residing in the ower part of Johnston and the jpper parts of Wayne and Samp ion counties. It is a reprint from t kodak picture of Mill Creek Christian church located in Ben onville township. This is one of he oldest cjiurches standing in lohnston county today, and it has i worthy history of at least four icore years. To Mr. John J. Hose, >f Meadow township, one of the >ldest surviving members of this ■hurch, we are indebted for the >rief outline which follows: In 1846 a deed was made by John Harper to the trustees of i'hrLst’s church conveying the land m ,vhich the present building »tands. Two years later the build ng was erected. One, Joel Joyner, uvas one of the trustees at that lime, and he was probably the leader in the construction of this ?difice. The framing and weather boarding material was sawed by hand, one man standing* on the log while the other stood below it drawing a whip-saw. All the ma terial used is of long leaf pine, pine heart, which accounts for the splendid condition of the building today. Prior to the organization of Christ’s church, which was some earlier than 1846, the place had been used as a place of public worship by the Freewill Baptists. The house in which the Freewflls worshipped was made of logs. La ter this log structure was used as a school house. There is now no trace of t helog building. There is also a cemetery hard by in which several of the older generation lie buried, and this, like the old log building, has entirely disappeared. At the foot of the hill below the church is a spring of excellent water, and a visit to this church without a draught of this cool wa ter is incomplete. Some notable preachers have fill ed the modest little pulpit within this* building, among them being the lamented Rev. John J. Harper, L. L. D., who at the ftime of his death in 1008, was president of the Atlantic Christian College We regret that 'Mr. Rose failed to mention some of the pastors of the earlier days. In the upper room of the building is located Mill Creek Lodge No. 480, A. F. & A. M This jchurch is easily one of the best rural churches in the coun ty, and the congregation is char acterized by friendliness and hos pitality. Utile Boy Has Narrow Escape Selma, May 1-2..Tlie little foui year old son of Turner Harris of Tampa, Fla., who is visitinf Mrs. D. P. Howell, had a narrov escape early Sunday morning* whei he took a loaded revolver fron the dresser in a bedroom and sho himself through the breast. Dt I. W. Mayerburg was summone to dress the wounds. At this writ ing the little fellow is doing ver nicely. When it is said that a man ho joined the great majority it is nc .known whether he is dead or ;i jtiie movies. Plans Complete Woman’s Meeting Large Attendance Is Ex pected at Raleign Dis trict - Johnston County Missionary Conference Here Friday Plans are about complete for the Raleigh district-Johnston coun ty missionary conference to be held in Centenary Methodist church here next Friday, May 20. The meeting will open at ten o’clock in the morning* and will close at 3:30 in the afternoon. Lunch will be served in the church dining room at the noon hour by the local auxiliary. About two hundred fifty visi tors are expected here for the pro gram which will be featured by talks by several of the conference officers. The program in full is as fol lows with the exception of special musical numbers which will inter 'perse the program: Morning Session: 1ft o'Clock. Hymn No. 420. Worship: Rev. D. E. Earnhardt Greetings: Smithfteld Auxiliary. Response: District. District Secretary’s Message. Glimpse of the Annual Meeting. Report Social Service: Miss Vara Herring, of Raleigh. Message Conference President: Mrs. A. M. Gates, of Durham. Young People’s Work: Mrs. R. B. Branch, of Raleigh. Children s Work: Mrs. N. H. D Wilson, of New Bern. Hvmr No. 411. Noon Devotional by Mr . A. M. Gate* Luncn ..id social hour fr m one to two o’clock. Afternoon Session: 2 o'Clock. Hymn No. 08. Auxiliaries Reports. Problem Hour. County Chairman’s Report. Closing. Operetta At School House Next Friday evening beginning at eight o’clock, in the school audi torium, the public school <music pupils under the direction of Miss Frances W’hite will give an oper etta entitled “The Shut-Up Posy”. This will include children of all grades through the seventh. In connection with the operetta, Mrs. A. R. Wilson will present some of her expression pupils. The public is cordially invited to this, the annual concert. Sardis Baptist Church, f Regular services at the Sardis Baptist church next Sunday, Mai 22. The pastor will preach morn ing and evening. The subject of the morning sermon, “Life’s Repro ductions.” Subject for the evening sermon, “Life’s Profits a^ic Losses.” Sunday school every Sun day at 10 a. ns. A cordial welcome to all. JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor. (Jives l’Jsh Fry. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hobbs am • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stallings gav 1 a fish fry at the spring on Neus ■ river near Mr Hobbs’ home Fri ' day evening at six o’clock. A ds lightful fish menu with aecessorie was served. Quite a number c s guests were present to enjoy thi t occasion. t __ Watch your label Fire Damages Ragsdale Home Catches In Attic; House Is Flooded With Water Which Caues The Most Damage Friday afternoon about 4 o’clock, smoke was seen issuing* from the slate roof of the Ragsdale home on Third street and it was found that the attic was on fire. The fire alarm soon had the fire company and the new fire engine in action and" the handsome residence was saved from burning down, al though the house is badly damag ed from the effects of water. It is not known how the fire originated. Triinks and other things stored in the attice were com pletely destroyed, and rats may have been the cause. It was necessary to tear holes in the roof and ceiling, and the lower floors were flooded. It is thought the house will have to be re-plastered, and the hardwood floors may have to be replaced. The loss is said to be covered by insurance, and the adjuster is ex pected here this week. All of the furnishings of the house with the exception of win dow shades were removed without being* damaged. They have been stored until the residence shall have been repaired. The Ragsdale family is, for the present, with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Marrow. Mr. and Mrs Brownell, who had rooms there, have moved to Selma, where they had intend ed going in a few days to be nearer Mr Brownell’s work on highway No. 22. Flood Sufferers Still Need Funds Local Red Cross Will For ward Any Amount Con tributed; Situation Still Serious Again the attention of the pub lic is called to the great distress among the flood refugees of the Mississippi valley. The crest of the flood now seems to have reach ed the lower regions of the great basin and thousands of acres are being submerged each day and hundreds of homeless refugees are being added daily. Here again ev ery individual who has not done so may have a chance to do some thing* for the refugees from the flood. Previously reported, $206.04. Mrs. Ina W. Aycock, $1.00. J. N. Cobb. $200. Co. Garage, $5.00. R. E. Whitehurst, $1.00. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, $2.00. A. D. O’Neal, $2.00. Total, $210.04. Anyone wishing to contribute to the relief of the flood sufferers can do so by sending contributions to I W. Medlin, C. J. Thomas, Judge F. H. Brooks, E. S. Ed mundson, H. V. Rose or The Smithfield Herald. All donations to this cause will be gratefully recived and acknowledged and sent to the central office in Washington Officers Empty 75 Half Gallon Jars Thirty-Seven and a Half Gallons of Whiskey Found Over The River Near Wrecked Autc. mobiles The biggest whiskey haul that Johnston County officers ever made, was accomplished early Saturday morning in front of the old Harper place just beyond “The Pines” on Highway No. 10, when seven ty-five half-gallon jars of whiskey were found in a ditch. News reached here about 6:30 of an automobile wreck near “The Pines and W. M. Gaskin and Sam Hogwood drove out to investigate. They found a Ford roadster torn up and stripped of its tires and license, and a Nash touring car wrecked in the field also without any license plate. In the ditch near by, were discovered fruit jar cases containing thirty-seven and a half gallons of whiskey. Mr. Hogwood was left with the whiskey, while Mr. Gaskin returned to Smithfield for officers. Deputy Sheriff Tom E. Talton went to the scene, depu tized J. L. Woody to haul the whiskey to the court house* where about nine o’clock, in the presence of a ring of spectators, it was poured down a sewer. After the find was made, the driver of the Ford roadster, Arthur Watson, who lives with Clarence Hinton at the County Home, made his appearance. He reported that between three and four o’clock Saturday morning as he with an other negro man and two negro | women were driving along his I Ford was hit by a Nash touring 1 car. In the excitement which fol lowed, the occupant or occupants of the Nash made a get-away without the negroes even seeing who was in the Nash. The cars are said to have landed about 25 yards apart and when the negroes extricated themselves no one was in sight. The Ford was wrecked beyond repair and so Watson took off his tires and license and went on home. Examination of the Nash reveal ed the name of Green’s Shop in Raleigh with the statement that this firm had repaired the radiator giving the number. A telephone call into Raleigh brought the in formation that the car bearing the number which they had repaired belonged to the Motor Service Co. There was said to have been me chanics clothes in the car. The Nash was headed toward Raleigh. CLOTHES FOR THE FLOOD SUFFERERS All who would like to contribute clothes that could be used by the people in the flood stricken states are requested to send them to Miss Bettie Lee Sanders or Mrs. Thel Hooks, or notify them and they will be called for. A box will be sent to the Red Cross for distri bution this week. Clothes may also be sent to Mrs. J. W. Keene in Brooklyn, and Mrs. R. C. Gillett on Second street for distribution. IT. V. ROSE, Chairman, of | Smithfield Chapter of Ameri can Red Cross. How You ? Whit I* Yottr i The “Test O’ Ten” for the week will leave you with valuable knowledge—for it is filled with stimulating facts and ideas. Its an amusing* game—but it will prove a profitable game, for the first step in order for clear, logical thi nking is getting the facts and keeping them! Why not place a time limit on thinking. Your average for this 1. From whom did the United l States purchase the jPhillipines? : How much did they pay? ' 2. Who was President of the - United States before James A. - Garfield? 5 3. What, is meant by the ex f pression “upstage”? s 4. How many lakes comprise the Great Lakes? Name them. 5. How much money must an immigrant have in order to enter each question, to stimulate quick test should be not less than 80. the United States? 6. Who publishes the Saturda} Evening Post? Who is its editor? 7. Who composed the “Minuei in G”? 8. What amendment to tin constitution g*ave women the righ to vote? 0. What is a Bittern? 10. Where is the home of th< Hottentots? : (Answers found on back page) To Open Branch Office At Benson Full Time Representative of Eastern Chamber of Commerce To Have Headquarters In Johns ton County BENSON, May 14.—Arrange nents have been made for open ng a branch office of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce at Benson June 1, according to in ormation given out at headquar ers in Kinston by Secretary New ‘11 G. Bartlett his return trip ‘rom Benson Wednesday night. Benson has raised her quota of he amount needed to put this of ice in operation. The Johnston bounty commissioners and Harn ‘tt County commissioners made heir appropriation for the work, - while the citizens of Sampson i lounty are raising Sampson coun- I y/s part of the budget. A full time man will be used in he furtherance of a livestock pro gram for Johnston, Harnett tand Sampson counties. “Cow, Hog and Jen” program will be stressed J tlong with the accessories incident 0 successful operation of farms of his kind. Benson has the only com nercial creamery in Eastern North Carolina. The goal of the new of ice will be put into the immediate erritory within twelve months 500 iew(dairy cows, and add 1,000,000 1 lens to the already large number 1 >f flocks in the three counties. 1 rhis will be the second branch of- 1 ice; one now being at ^Ahoskie n the northeastern section of the ! territory. There are other counties ^ nterested in having an office with 1 full time man. Announcements will be made as to these later. Revival To Close Thursday Night Singer and Preacher Are Forceful Leaders; Con gregations Large On Sunday The revival which has been in . progress at the Baptist church - since Sunday, May 8, with Dr. B. A. Bowers, of Knoxville, Tenn., as the preacher, is scheduled to close next Thursday night. The crowds in attendance have been increasing and Sunday saw ^ large congregations assemble at each of the four services held on that day. A service was held in the afternoon for women only, and ! Dr. Bowers delivered a forceful appeal to mothers to help save America. He recited incident after incident from his own experience which shows that too great stress cannot be laid upon the training of the young, nor too great care taken to safeguard young people. The first evangelistic service in which an invitation was given, was Sunday night, but there was no visible response. Services will be held each eve ning this week through Thursday, but there will be no day service. The singer, Mr. H. B. Smith, de lights the audience at each serv ice with a vocal solo, or saw solo, and leads the choirs and congre gation in an inspirational song! service. No more powerful speaker nor competent song leader has the Baptist church had in may to day i to uplift and strengthen this com munity in the Christian life than these two men of God now in our midst. HORSE IS INJURED BY ^AUTOMOBILE A distressing accident occurred near the hospital on the highway between here and Selma Saturday night about ten o’clock when a car driven by Hubert Pulley of Selma, ran into a horse belonging to Mr. W. H. Stevens of this city. According to witnesses of the ac cident, the driver had started to turn into a filling station when the car struck the horse, bursting open its head. At the last report the horse was still alive. Renew your subscription To Speak To Lions L. H. BUISCH iconomist Here For Lions’ Club ... H. Buisch, of Dayton, Ohio To Speak on Some Phase of Business Ai Lions’ Dinner Meeting i Evidence that an annual finan ial statement is all too often a I ost-mortem review of a defunct usiness, will be one of the points o be brought out by L. H. Buisch, )ayton, Ohio, economist, in the .ddress he will give in this city iefore the Lions club on Monday,! day 23, at 6:30 p. m. at the Voman’s club room. In a widely quoted business ad Iress, part of which will probably >e used in his talk in this city, dr. Buisch has said: “Half of the success in retailing s knowing how the business is go- j ng. The other half is—knowing I n time. “Annual financial statements are Kjeessary, but the merchant who lepends entirely on an annual tatement to know the true state j >f affairs in his stor»—the ma.i; vno waits until the end of ^he; ear to learn whether he is losing r whethet ha is mak 'ir money, is ]/ to firm at the ^r.d of one of! hese years that he isn’t in bis ness any more.” Mr. Buisch is recommended iig*hly by chambers of commerce, etaii merchants as -.'ciations and rade organizations to which he las delivered address-, in all part;. »f the country. His la’ks abound n pra.- ica* informat*or. r.nu are iresented with a vigor and origi lality that pleases his audiences, iccording to persons who have leard him. At the conclusion cf lis talk, he answers questions re ating to actual problems in the :ity in which he speaks. By tnis neans, he offers suggestions which lave an actual bearing on busi less in this city. In the past, some >f his answers to questions have resulted in immediate and direct benefit to merchants, letters to :he Merchant’s Service Bureau de clare. One of Mr. Buisch’s most wide ly quoted statements is: “A smile is a business man’s greatest asset.” He says: “If a merchant can so train his salespeople that they will greet every customer with a genuine friendly smile, the popu Irity of his store and the success of his business will be assured.” Advertise in the Herald AUNT ROXIE SAYS— 3y Me— “My ole man iz gittin’ shi u |mad wimmin an’ sashwates.” Flood Victims Being Rescu More Than 1,000 Refut Marooned On Crun ing Levees Saved ! Rescue Boats BATON ROUGE, La., May —A radiogram from Major ,T Gotwals, army engineer charge of the operations of re joats, to relief headquarters ate today indicated that ali the refugees marooned on tumbling Big Bend levees Bayou Des Glaises had been rr lued. One thousand persons, includ i Tew women, were evacuated f: :he levee between Moreauville Kleinwood, and 300 were ta ?rom embankments near Redf Major Gotwals' message said. His advices also said 1,500 h< if stock had been taken abos iarges from the Moreauvil Kleinwood dykes. The rescue craft tonight w :oncentrating on evacuating iroximately 1,000 people in the : jndated sections of lower Avc Mies parish and St. Landry pari Surf boats.were combing the r. ion for marooned victims and tl were effecting rapid evacuation the 500 residents of Pautsville i the same number of Goudeau. A scattered number through the section are expected to rem in the upper stories of tl homes and their evacuation is pected to be completed by tom row, Major Gotwals said.—Ass ated Press. MANY HUNDREDS CAUGHT ON LEVEES AS FLOOD RIS NEW ORLEANS, May 15.— tween four and five hundred pie are mmroond aiong a 12- • stretch of levees west of Simi port in the Bayou Des Glaises tion, Flood Relief Dictator J M. Parker wras informed tod The levees along the 50-n • stretch still were crumbling and in view of the instability of embankments, the position of ' * marooned persons were regar as extremely perilious. Rescue boats wrere being dire ed to proceed to their aid as qui ■ ly as possible but these were he pered by the sweeping* curr through the many crevasses h eycombing the levees and w forced to move cautiously. AFFECTS 150,000 PERSONS. With this exception the evac tion of the five parishes in so central Louisiana was proceed systematically and rapidly. As flood waters poured through broken levees, an estimated po lation of 150,000 lay in the p of the flood. The breaches in the Bayou E Glaises embankments are appr iraately 170 miles northwest Newr Orleans on the opposite of the Mississippi river. As in the upper valley the r parts were torn aside long be’ the crest of the flood reached th The crest still was in Tensas ba in, more than 100 miles north the crumbling embankments : despite the immense volume of v, ter which had covered the 13 nor eastern Louisiana parishes, main stream of the Mississi was carrying past Vicksburg ime of 1922. DEVASTATION IN 7 STATES The waters will cut a p hrough the Atehafalya basin ah :he westside of that river fr 12 to 30 miles wide and more th i hundred miles long as they mo to the Gulf of Mexico. When t! finally reach the gulf they * have a wide swath through fa) lands from Illinois to the g leaving their devastating mark?: seven states.—Associated Pres.' Commencement Exercises. “The faculty and senior cla» Atlantic Christian College rcq the honor of your presence at commencement exercises twenty-first to twenty-fourth r teen hundred and twenty-** Wilson, North Carolina.” Miss Mary Wilton Harper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W Harper, who formerly lived town is one of the graduate piano. The graduating exei will take place on Tuesday,