6MITHFIELD NEEDS: \ 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. 41 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1927 * * ¥ $2.00 PER YE A R Epoch-Marking Flight Across The Atlantic Lindbergh Flies Safely From New York to Paris ! Without Stopping in 33 1-2 Hours; Pails Gives Warm Reception ■ ■ ■ PARIS, May 21.—Captain j Charles A. Lindbergh, the young I American aviator, who hopped off from New York yesterday morning I all alone in his monoplane, arriv ed in Paris tonight, safe and sound, as everyone hoped he would. The sandy haired son of the middle west dropped down out of the darkness at Le Bourget flying field, a few miles from Paris, at 10:21 o’clock tonight (5:21 p. m. New York time) only 33Ms hours . after leaving Long Island—the first man in history to g*o from New York to Paris without chang ing his seat. To the young American it was seemingly merely the achievement I of an ambition. To Paris* to j France, to America, to the world,1] his landing tonight made him the j greatest of heroes mankind has | produced since the air became a means of travel. A crowd of at least 25,000 surrounded his plane, the “Spirit of St. Louis,” when it voyage from the new world to the old. The airman was lifted from the seat, where for two days and P a night he sat fixed, guiding* his r plane over land and sea, and foriv 40 minutes he was hardly able to ! a speak or do anything else, except t Jet himself be carried along* by a o mass of men made delirious with joy at his achievement.—Associat- f ed Press. j PARIS, May 22.—Captain jf Chrales A. Lindbergh today told i y the story of his flight from New t York to Paris to a group of news-'a paper men in the embassy, and a when he had finished, every one e was firm in the belief that he was v a real flying genius. 11 ‘‘Being newspaper men,” he be- ^ gan, “I suppose you gentlemen are j] interested- first in knowing what s was the most dangerous thing t about our flight. The most dan- r gerous thing of all was that land- '| ing a! Le Bourget, bringing that ship down on a field with all that c crowd running*. I had more fear i at that moment for the welfare of i our plane than at any other time i in the whole flight. t first part easy. , “The first part of the flight was v better and easier than any of us i expected. The field in New York ^ was muddy, which made the take- i off a little long, but we got away j all right. “All the way up the American 1 coast to Newfoundland we had un- J commonly good weather—lots bet- l ter than we expected. But for the i next 1,000 miles it couldn’t have j been much worse for us.” ( At this juncture the ambassa- : dor remarked: “When Lindbergh j says ‘we,’ he means the ship and I himself.” AH the way through, except j w'1cn asked for a personal opinion : of something, the flier used the ' first person plural is describing the voyag-e. After we got away from land,” continued the avitor, “we ran into f°g, then into rain, then hail. Sometimes we flew not more than ton feet above the water, and the highest was 10,000 feet. We went 'Turn to back page, please Tantalizer TIhtc are exactly enough lot '*■* in the line below to spell nc name of a person in Smith • !;' an(l if the right one de 'ipners ),is name and will prc «-‘nt it to The Herald office, We will present him with a complimentary ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must lo„-a e? for before the fol lowing issue. Hill Bradley recognized' his name last issue. • Today** -rantailzer: | mnsnleclcow ' Idol of World Lapt. Chas. A. Lin lenbergh \ttains Dizzy Heights Of Fame ^indbergh A. wakes Toi Find Himself Idol of Paris and The World; Talks To Mother After Ten-Hour Nap PARIS, May 22—Captain harles A. Lindbergh, sheltered in is country’s embassy from a ; orld filled with praise of him, woke this afternoon from a sound m-hour sleep, seemingly innocent f the fact that the whole earth as eager to honor his exploit of ying alone from New York to aris. Soon after he had had break- ; ist, the courageous and charming oung man from the Middle West dephoned to his mother in far way Detroit. It was the first time " private telephone call had link I France with America, but it •as only one of many precedents lat the world set today in the eneral desire to show its admir tion for the sandy-haired, soft poken aviator who made the rans-Atlantic flight in his little lonoplane and in solitary glory. ALKS TO MOTHER. Hanging up the receiver at the nd of the conversation with his mother, Lindbergh placed himself i i the kindly care of Myron T. Her ick. The Ambassador led him to he balcony of the embassy to lease the crowd that had been tanding in the street clamoring or a sight of him ever since the ;ord went forth that at last the oung hero had arisen from his •loriously earned sleep. After that, two score cameras iad to be accommodated; then jindbergh told the story of his light to a group of newspaper nen eager to send his words round the world. As his first act utside the embassy since his ar ival, the young American did a hing that made him even more teloved in the hearts of the French, vho already had given him such nan has known for years. /ISITS Nl'NdESSICK’S MOTHER With the ambassador as an es ort, the birdman went to call on he sorrowing mother of the gal ant French aviator. Captain Nun ;*esser, who set out to fly the At antic a fortnight ago, and has lot been heard of since. All France las been touched deeply by this /isit of young Lindbergh to ex press his sympathy to the- mother if the Frenchman who is believed lo have sacrificed his life in at tempting the perilous adventure that Lindbergh later was to achieve. While Lindbergh was sleeping soundly all morning, Paris heap ed honor after honor on him. Even before dawn the city began to be aflutter with the Star Spang-led Banner of his homeland. The gov ernment had the American flag flung to the breeze on many public buildings, and for-the first time a foreign banner waved from the mast of the ministry of foreign af fairs in honor of a private citizen. This homage by custom is reserv Turn to back page, please Mississippi Flood Is Still Raging Over 2,000 Men Work In The Rain All Day Sun day Trying to Prevent New Breaks New Oreleans, La., May 22.— A caving dirt barrier tonight stood between the five “sugar bowl” par ishes of Louisiana and the Mississ ippi flood waters, speeding to the Gulf of Mexico down the Atchafa laya basin, as a huge relief fleet was being concentrated in the low er basin. More than 2,000 men still were working in sodden clothes, at Mc Rea filling sandbags and lugg-ing ihem into place over slippery paths :hat led through the mud to new embankments behind the crumb ling old ones, tired fronij many lours of labor in the rain, still ;hey fought on as their women tnd children moved livestock and personal belongings across the Mississippi river to Baton Rouge ■oncontration camps. i \Sho Al'l’KAHS HOPELESS. Their task appeared hopeless at imes as the raging* currents lounding into the rain soaked evees tore away huge chunks of he protecting ramparts and charg' j *d upon the new barriers which j lad been erected in anticipation of he slough, late today, however. Their fight which has been v tretched over days of suspense <, till was successful and there was ome optimism. The danger zone long the east bank of the Atcha alaya, 120 miles northwest of New Orleans and on the opposite side ^ )f the Mississippi river, still was < rain swept today, embankments ^ which already were weakening mcfer the relentless pounding of he swift current were becoming . odden miry lumps of mud. More han 108,000 people live in the erritory which would be thrown J n the path of the flood should the [ raters break through on the east J tank of the Atchafalaya and the j ake would extend for 50 miles rom the western levees of the ? dissippi to the highlands of 1 vestern Louisiana, widening at its ; tase near the gulf to a width of * 00 miles as it spread over the J owlands of Terrbone parish. WAIN LEVEES IN GOOD FIX. Along the main Mississippi lev- t »es were reported in good eondi- ^ on, although there were reports >f occasional “sand boils” which vere promptly checked. ^ With the relief force being co •entrated in the lower Atchafal tya basin at Morgan City and few Iberia to care for eventual ties in that region, a fleet of mo- t ;or trucks was being used in evac- •. bating residents in the path of the r ?lood. Six hundred vessels, includ- ^ ng coast guard boats and fishing ^ smacks were being concentrated in he vicinity for use in removing ^ ;hose who refuse to leave their ^ lomes until after the water has "isen above the mud. j Other boats were being assem bled at Palquemine, 20 miles be- ^ low Baton Rouge on the Missis- ( >ippi, to be held in readiness for ( use in the Atchalafaya basin. With hundreds of persons stream ing into refug*ee camps hourly, the food problem became a great one. , At Opelousas, arrangements were ■ made for Lake Charles bakers to all and then the game will be in. Dunn has a strong team and t will be a fast game. Mrs. T.L.H. Young Falls On Sleep 3asses Away At the Home of Daughter Near Er win; Funeral To-day; Interment in Dunn Friends here will rqgret to i >arn of the death of Mrs. T. L. j i. Young;, who was stricken with i aralysis at the home of her! aughter, Mrs. F. Smith, near Er in, last Friday. She was uncon- I "ious after suffering* the stroke,1 allying only slightly, and passed ! way yesterday morning at ten ‘ ’clock. The funeral will be conducted ■ his morning at the home of Mrs. I mith at eleven o’clock, and in- ' erment will be made in the eem-1 tery at Dunn. Mrs. Young has made her home ' i this city with her son, Mr. T. 1 Young, for the past several1 ears. For the past few weeks she 1 ad been with her daughter, Mrs. j mith. Mr. and Mrs. Young of j his city, Miss Emma Young of 1 Arlington, Miss Elizabeth Young*, 1 granddaughter who is teaching l Gastonia, Miss Carrie Young, a I randdaughter and a student at j i. C. C. W., and Mr. Thad Young, j student at Oak Ridge, were at1 er bedside when the end came, j The deceased was seventy-seven : ears of age. She had lived a beau- j iful Christian life, being a faith- 1 ul member of the Methodist j hurch, and quite an active church | worker in former years. She will 1 e greatly missed by a large cir le of friends. FUNERAL LEON DAUGHTRY The funeral of Mr. Leon Daugh ry, who died at his home in the j ’elvington’s Grove section last ’hursday, was held at Yelvington’s rrove Freewill Baptist church 'riday afternoon. It was eonduct d by Rev. S. H. Styron, of Pine ^evel, assisted by Rev. H. R. 'aircloth, of this city. The funeral /as largely attended, the crowd eing- estimated at more than 1,000 lersons. The service was held in he grave at the church be ause the house would not accom nodate the large number present, ^he floral offering was profuse, ^mong the designs was a beauti ul one from the county officials. Fhe pallbearers were: Messrs. Yaverly Jones, Ed Eason, Leon irown, Lenwood Richardson, Leon Yilliams and Jim Kirby. The deceased is survived by lis mother and father and the fol owing brothers and sisters: Messrs. Zeb and Romie Daughtry, Mrs. Milton Whitley and Mrs. Will Lane, of near Smithfield; Mrs. Mrs. Walter Roberts, of Selma, and Mr. Mallie Daughtry, of Four Daks. The bereaved Have the sympathy jf many friends in their loss. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY (Johnston County League) Dunn at Smithfield Pine Level at Princeton gulf of Mexico. Southwestern Louisiana institute at Lafayette had been closed and the buildings will be turned over to the Red Cross during the emer gency, with the students aiding in caring for the influx of refu gees from the stricken parishes.— Associated Press, / Local Club Loses To Raleigh Team — Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Wins Ov er Smithfield Neuse Cats With Score of 5-3 The Edwards and B.*oughton I Printing Company ball team of Raleigh journeyed down Saturday and returned with a 5 to 3 vic tory over the Smithfield Neuse Cats. It was the second loss of the local team in one week, Golds boro having won from the locals 13 to 12 in the Wayne Capital on Wednesday. The printers started the scor ing in the first frame when Rice tripled to left center and came home on J. Clayton’s wild throw to third. The Raleigh lads counted for two in the fifth and complet ed their score'oy scoring a run in each of the seventh and eighth innings. The Smithfield team was held scoreless by Pitcher Sadler until the eighth when they shoved their three tallies across the plate. Wil son, first up, reached first and went to second when Duke, visit ing short stop, threw wild over mai/ uasc, irupu gruuuueu uui uu second, Wilson going to third on the play. Davis hit a grounder to second and the fielder chose to try to cut Wilson off at the plate. Both runners were safe. Davis stole second and went to third when J. Clayton reached first on an error. Watson popped up. B. Clayton then hi't a hot grounder between short and third to score two runners. E. Clayton fanned to end the frame. Sadler, visiting hurler, pitched a good g*amc allowing the local team but four hits. Firpo Wilson, on the mound for the locals, also twirled good ball considering the fact that he pitched a game Wed nesday. Rice and Mitweed led the hitting attack of the printers, the former poling out two triples in four tries. B. Clayton of S|mi'thfield also featured at the bat. Score R- H. E. E & Broughton 000 020 110 5 9 3 Smithfield_000 000 030 3 4 4 Batteries: Sadler and Roberts; Wilson and Pope. YOUNG (MAN DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL James Walter Brown, familiarly known as “Happy” Brown, son of Mr. John Henry Brown of Pine Level, died at the hospital here Saturday night after a serious ill ness of about a week. He had been in bad health since Christmas. His death was due to heart trouble. The deceased was twenty-seven years of age. The funeral was held Sunday aft ernoon and interment was made in the Pine Level cemetery. The service was conducted by Rev. W. W. Cuthrell. ] l t C t l P d \ C h C ;h t I I ifc t t I t t Visiting Preacher at M. E. Church a c In the absence of the pastor, c Rev. I). E. Earnhardt, who is as- c sisting in a revival at Benson this r week, visiting preachers filled the j pulpit at the Methodist church j at both the morning and evening hours. A large congregation greet- ^ ed Rev. D. H. Tuttle of Elm City, j a former pastor, who preached t Sunday morning*. His subject was i “The Sinless Life.” Rev. J. E. . Blalock of Benson preached at the j evening hour. ] Miss McCullres To Broadcast. Tonight at nine o’clock, Smith field time, Miss Mary McCullers, formerly of this city but now of Chicago, may be heard to sing over radio. She will broadcast from Station WRBM, 226 wave length. Miss McCullers has an un usually sweet voice. She broad casts under the name of Miss Peggy McCullers. DATE OF SENIOR PLAY IN SELMA CHANGED SELMA, May 19.—The senior play will be given in the Selma high school auditorium on Wed nesday evening, May 25r instead: of Friday evening, May 20. The change was made in order] to avoid jsome conflits, ; Choice for 1928, Nominations Ivl., J\(atioru ‘Wid&j Stralv rL)ote^ With a total of more than 362,000 straw votes cast by readers of 2,000 weekly newspapers served by Publishers Autocaster Service of N. Y., President Coolidge is first choice of the Republicans and Gov. Alfred Smith of N. Y., first choice of the Democrats. The President polled 87,176 votes to 53,751 by Smith. Latvden of Illinois was second choice to Coolidge with 80,066 and Sen. James Reed of Missouri, second iQ_Smith with 41.V85 Creditors Ask U. S. Court To Name Receiver For Horne involuntary Petition Presented Here Sat urday HAY RESIST S. Petition Takes Precedence Over Receivership Order of State FJor Clayton Magnate Seven Johnston county credi ts Saturday afternoon filed an [i involuntary petition in bank jptcy against Charles W. Horne, layton merchant and manufac irer. The petition was filed with . A. Ashe, clerk of the local nited States District Court. In )lvency was alleged. Under the law the bankruptcy etition takes precedence over the jeeivership order, signed several ays ago by Superior Court Judge C. Harris, which placed the layton man, who is a son of the de Ashley Horne, in the hands of receiver. LAYTON MEN PETITIONERS. Three Clayton men signed the L'tition at first, but as it was be ig filed four others, all citizens r Clayton, came in and affixed leir signatures to the paper. The rgiinal signers were J. C. Pool, . G. Gower and Julius B. Lee. he other signers were J. Henry rice, R. G. Gower, C. H. Hill ad W. P. Pulley. Official notice of the filing of the .ibpoena was served Monday aft rnoon upon Mr Horne by United tates Marshal R. W. Ward. Mr. iorne, under the United States ankruptcy laws, has 20 days from le date of the filing of ^ the pe tion in which to make answer. IORNE MAY Fir.HT Two courses are left open for he Clayton merchant, according ) the bankruptcy law. One is to djudicate himself in bankruptcy nd the other is to deny the claim f insolvency as made by his reditors and take the matter to ourt. If within 20 days he does ot make answer to the bankruptcy etition, he is automatically ad udicated into bankruptcy. R. B. Whitley, of Zebulon, and . J. Young, of Clayton, were on lay 17 appointed by Judge Harris s temporary receivers for Charles V. Horne and the Ashley Horne nd Sons Company, the order be ng returnable here before Judge larris in chambers on May 28. CECEIVERSHIP UNCONTESTEU The petition for the receiver hip, which was not contested b> dr. Horne, who was present at he meeting, wras presented bj liggs and Broughton, Raleigh at orneys, in behalf of Dr. B. A. Ho :utt and B. P. Robertson, botl )f Clayton. Several conferences were helt before Mr. Horne was Jbl^rowr into the hands of a receiver. J failed meeting here about thre weeks ago was attended by abou I100 creditors of the Clayton mar Nothing definite came out of th conference and later the committe of creditors, which was compose of J. M. Broughton and C. A Gosney, Raleigh attorneys, and I B. Whitley, Wendell business mai Turn to page two, please _ Fine Meeting Of Mission Societies Raleigh District Hears Six < Conference Officers At 1 Meeting Held Here Fri- ( day; Good Attendance ] With more than a hundred rep resentatives from Methodist < churches in the Raleigh district ' and six conference officers pres ent, the Raleigh district meeting ■ of Methodist Missionary societies , and the Johnston county federa- ' tion was a decided success. Miss ( Helen White of Oxford, Raleigh j district secretary, presided, and t carried out the program on sche- j dule time. ( The opening devotional service j was conducted by Rev. D. E. Earn- ( hardt, pastor of the Smithfield ( church. Words of greeting by Mrs. ( Thel Hooks, president of the j Smithfield auxiliary, were cordial j. and were responded to by Mrs. N. j E. Edgerton of Raleigh, who took j the place of Mrs. M. T. Plyler, j who had been designated this part on the program but who was de tained at home on account of illness. The conference officers present included Mrs. A. M. Gates of Dur- C ham, president; Mrs. H. B. Branch of Raleigh, superintendent of the Young People’s Work; Mrs. N. H. . D. Wilson of New Bern, superin tendent of Children’s Work; Mrs. S. H. Scott of New Bern, super intendent of Literature; Miss Vara i Herring of Raleigh, superintend- [ lent of Social Service Work, and jMiss Helen White, district secre- ] j The first of these conference of | fleers to appear on the program • was Miss Vara Hearing. Miss (Herring made a strong appeal to j president of the auxiliary not to I neglect the social service work. ;and after the work was done not to fail td send in reports. She es ; pecially urged that the Raleigh (district excel in social service re Iports this year by sending in their (reports one hundred per cent. She , called attention to the fact that health is the special work for the i social service department this year, the program being along preventive lines and educational lines. One of the aims is to pro mote a higher standard of educa tion, a standard that means a bigger per cent of boys and girls staying in school until they com plete high school at least. I For the first time Mrs. A. M. | (Gates, president of the North Car olina Woman’s Missionary con 1 jference, spoke to the Raleigh dis trict as a group. Mrs. Gates pre •jsented the plans outlined by the !; Council, for the jubilee, which will tjbe celebrated next year, 1928, • 'marking the fiftieth.anniversary of the organization of the council. -.The celebration, said Mrs. Gates, i (will be constructive, will be ehurch . j wide, will be international, will .(feature pioneer societies and mem i.jbors, ami will fit in the regular Turn to back page, please School Program Is Much Enjoyed Expression and Public School Music Clashes Present Entertainment; First Grade Orchestra A Feature The expression and public school nusic department, assisted by chit Iren of the primary grades, gave i very enjoyable entertainment at ;he school house Friday evening, rhe prog-ram was divided into hree parts, the first part under he direction of Mrs. A. R. Wil on, xpression teacher; the second part, -vhich consisted of selections by the first grade orchestra under he direction of Miss Billie Wood trd; the third part an operetta en itled, "Shut-up Posy,” under the lirection of Miss Frances While Hiss Glenn Ward and Miss Lila Andrews assisted with the opei ot a. The little folks performed their larts well, and the program was -njoyed by the large crowd which 1 fonrlo/i Those taking part in Part l vere: Anna Floyd, who sang a lul’ aby and who gave a recitation ent itled, “Don't”; Virginia Hollemati, vho recited “A Little Girl’s Prnv r”; Evelyn Earnhardt, who recit 'd “Save For Cheer”; and June Person, who recited “Smiling Vatermelon.” A class recitation ntitled “Smile” was given by the irimary and grammar grades, and he first gfade class recited to-: ;ether “Baby Ray.” The first grade orchestra ron iered the following selections: darch of the Dwarfs; Tonight fou Belong to Me; Parade of the1 Vooden Soldiers; I’d Like to Call foil My Sweetheart; Anvil Cho us, and School Day Sweetheart, ’hese young musicians were very ffective with their uniforms. They ollowed perfectly the directions of he leader, who was little Miss «ouise Holland. Those in the or hestra besides the director are as ollows: tambourtnes, Selma Kreg r, Jackueline Richardson, William ►liver, Willie Keen, Herman Fair loth; cymbals, Dorothy McGregor, larvey Price, Beatrice Parke ; ells, Cecil Whitehurst, Mary R. Idgerton, H. B. Smith, Elizabeth Felson; triangles,- Nellie Godwin, 'red Faircloth, John Higg*ins, Car lyn Howell, Myrtle Johnson; rums, Ben Joe Matthews. The rchestra which has appeared on everal occasions gave the usual elight Friday evening. The operetta with its fanciftil ostumes and sweet songs was ery attractive. Mamie Phillips mpersonated Mother Earth, ami larcia Stevens wras “Spring.” rhom the wild things of Nature ndeavored to awake. Tlie An re! f Wild Things was Annie Blanche lorgan. Violet was Nellie Gord 'orget-me-not, Mary Cawley; Jack n-the-pulpit, Edward Henry; laster Rabbit, H. B. Smith; the )utch boy, Sefton Stevens; and he Shut-up Posy, Noemie Calais. )ther characters included Noifh, iouth, East and West Winds, im lersonated by Thomas Hood, Joe Jrimes, Ben Grimes, Pervy Par ish; Sunmaidens, Doris Boyett, 'fancy Lyon, and Meta Ennis; doon Maidens, Lucile Brannan, ituby Holland, Peggy Cawley; Daisies, Mary Noble, Eleanor Har is, Mildred Edmundson, Carrie Dail, Stella Woodall, Ruth Rose, \ddie Arnold; Rainbow Fairies Selma Kregor, Marguerite Lane, Fane Parker, Anna Floyd, Helen Turn to page two, please AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By He— *sr *dLWkM | “You kin jedge a man by the | ■things ho takes notice yv.’*_