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6-MITHFIELD NEEDS: A Modern Hotel. Chamber of Commerce. JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: Equal Opportunity for Every School Child. Better Marketing System. More Food and Feed Crops. .VOLUME 45—NO. 47 IF. IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF, JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD'S FOR IT. $2.00 PER YEAR I One Killed In Auto Accidenl Willie Sasser, of Wilders Township, Meets Deal} On Highway Neai Smithfield A tragic accident occurred on highway 22 near the John ston County Hospital Sunday night about 12:30 o’clock when a Ford roadster ran into a Buick car parked on the side of the road. The /wifeck jis supposed to have resulted In the 'almost instant death of Willie Sasser of near Clayton, driver of the roadster. It is said his peck was broken. The Ford was turned completely over. According to reports, the Buick in which three negroes were rid ing, had run out of gasoline and one of the occupants had come into Smithfield to secure g*asoline while two remained with the car. The lights had been turned off the Buick, which was said to have been parked as far to the side of the road as could be parked. The driver of the Ford apparently did not see it. Immediately after the accident, Nightpoliceman W. L. Sutton was notified and Coroner J. H. Kirk man was called to the scene, but the injured man was dead before either of them arrived. Coroner Kirkman summoned and empaneled a jury composed of J. D. Underwood, John Rhodes, C. R. Cable, T. C. Jordan, W. H. Stev ens and June Peterson, who view ed the body. The inquest will not be completed, however, until this afternoon when the following wit nesses will be examined: Johnnie Rhodes, Luke Martin, Victor Bar bour, W. L. Sutton, and Spurgeon Lee, (colored) and Rev. Kelly, (colored). The driver of the Buick, Clar ence Sanders, Wharton Sanders and Glasker Buie, were lodged in jail pending the outcome of the inquest to be held this afternoon at two o’clock. ■Mr. Sasser was a young man of twenty-six years of age. He had the reputation of being a young man of excellent character. He was the son of Mr. Millard Sasser, of Wilders township. The body was taken home yesterday morning by. J. D. Underwood, local undertaker, and the funeral and burial will be held this afternoon in Wilders township. Mr. Sasser had been married, but his wife died about two years ago. AUSTIN BANKRUPTCY STILL IN A TANGLE The efforts of many lawyers to straighten out .the tangle in the affairs of the bankrupt Austin Stephenson Company of Smithfield were yesterday largely fruitless, the examination of W. H. Austin, the only stockholder living at Smithfield and the moving spirit in the business, being continued until James H. Pou, chief of the staff of four lawyers, could be present. The Austin Brothers Grocery of Smithfield is also in bankruptcy as are W. H. Austin, J. H. Austin, Four Oaks merchant, and T. E. Austin, Roxboro druggist, and S. F. Austin, Nashville lawyer. The schedules of S. F. Austin were filed yesterday, showing as sets of $126,000 and liabilities of $605,000, the latter item including $577,000 in accommodation en dorsements.—News and Observer. “George,” he shouted to one col ored minor, through a narrow ap erture, “are you married?” Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith held, 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 he called for before the fol lowing issue. I Junius Stephenson recogniz ed his name last insertion. Toffay** Tanlailzer: \ daaeahwtwyha School Qhampions X ' (AirfocA v TCt^V X Two girls arc the scliool attend arue champions of the U. S., Flor ence Mall, of Clay Center, Kansas. *nd Laura Mae Kohnke, of Coiving. ton, Louisiana, both, of whom went .hrough kindergartea grade and mgh schools, 14 years, without ever haying- been absent or tardy, and nmshing with high marks in all Audios. Nation Welcomes Young Lindbergh Thousands Gather At Honor Chas. A. Lind bergh, World Hero WASHINGTON, June 1!.—Idol of a nation and hero to all the world, Charles A. Lindbergh re turned today to his native Amer ica to receive the welcome of a home-coming conqueror. His entry into the National Cap ital over a roadway that had known the tread of victorious ar mies and the passing- of Kings and Presidents was one of sub lime triumph. THOUSANDS GREET HIM. Hundreds of thousands, strain ing impatiently against police barriers, tumultously aclaimed the blonde young Viking who conquer ed the air over the Atlantic in a daring flight alone in the cockpit of a monoplane. At the end of the winding route, he was greeted by the President of the United States, from whose hands he received the highest award for valor the air service may bestow, the Distinguished s Here the slender youth who wrote the greatest epic an airman had composed faced a sea of un counted thousands as he bent his six feet two inches of sinewy body to bring his smiling face in front |of the microphones which carried his voice to every corner of the 'country and to distant climes as w-ell. SIMPLE MESSAGE. I It was a simple, brief message he delivered, one of affection for 'the people of the New World from |the people of the Old, a people who honored him as perhaps nc 'other private citizen in all historj lhad been honored in foreign lands This speech of just one hundrec and twenty-four words brought s renewed ovation from the enthu siastic thousands of his immed iate audience, but if their applausi or that of the thousands upm thousands who greeted him alont Pennsylvania Avenue stirred hi, [emotions, they were kept unde control by those same nerves o steel which carried him safel; through a night of fog, sleet am rain out on the broad ocean ex pause just three weeks ago. ' REMARK ABLY CALM, j The young pilot’s composure i: I the face of such adulations wa ^one of the things upon which th 'crowd afterwards remarked. Whil [men, women and children shrieke .the joy that was their’s at a nter sight of him, Colonel Lindberg appeared to give only occasions Please turn to page three C. W. Horne Debts Total $2,500,000 Clayton Merchants and Farmer Files Schedule Showing Liabilities of $2,484,914.20 and As sets of $1,138,67.85 RALEIGH, June 10.—Charles W. Horne, Clayton merchant and farmer with a Statewide reputa tion, who was on May 31 adjudg ed a bankrupt over his vigorous protest, yesterday filed in the fed eral court schedules showing lia bilities of $2,484,914.20 and as sets of $1,138,679.85. liabilities of $1,206,550.95, con sisting largely of endorsements on notes of enterprises in which he is interested, and some of which are expected to be affected by his own failure. With all of these li abilities subtracted and all of the | assets taken at face value, the | schedules still show insolvency tQ I r.lie amount of $139,683.40. | At the hearing before Justice Meekins, Mr. Horne testified that by a conservative estimate his as sets were $250,000 in excess of his liabilities. Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., United States Referee in Bankruptcy, stated last night that the failure comprises the largest single case in bankruptcy that has ever been handled in this district. A meet ing of the 800 creditors of Mr. Horne and Ashley Horne and Son, the trade name in w’hich he con tinued to operate his mercantile business after the death of his millionaire father in 1913, will meet in Raleigh on Tuesday, June 21. to name a trustee. In the meantime the business will continue to be conducted by R. B. Whitley, of Wendell, whom Mr. Cheshire named as temporary receiver immediately after the ad judication. Mr. Whitley and Dr. J. J. Young, of Clayton, were ap pointed temporary receivers in a friendly action in the state courts prior to the involuntary action in the federal court. Mr. Horne was a stockholder in banks in all parts of this state and in Richmond, several of which he served as director, and banks jare his principal creditors in amount but the principal creditors in number are Johnston county residents who sold him cotton for due bills at about six cents ahead of the cotton market and who loaned him money at eig*ht per cent interest. In addition to his farm and store he headed two cotton mills and other local cor porations. The scheduules were signed by Mr. Horne and his attorneys, Abell and Sheperd, of Smithfield, and Pou and Pou, of Raleigh. They are made out separately, but con tain no duplications. Assets of Ashley Home and Son are divided as follows: real es fntp $194,405: notes etc.. $77,911. 48; stock in trade, $49,003.49; an imals, $2,975; vehicles, $120.; ma chinery etc., $5,000; cotton, $73, 832; drafts due on open account, $140,122.94; stocks and bonds, $46,170; money in bank, $672.93. Total, $590,172.84. The following individual assets are listed for Charles W. Horne: real estate, $254,575; notes ect., $9,094.11; household goods, $250; vehicles, $150; other personal property, $3,100; stocks and bonds, $272,546; money in bank, $266.90; property in revission, remainder and trust, $8,525. Total $548,507. 01. Here are the liabilities listed for Ashley Horne & Son: taxes, $4, 1 621.70; wages, $2,761.96; secured : claims, $157,450; unsecured claims, ; $900,455.57. Total, $1,065,289.23. ‘ With endorsements on the notes of Ashley Horne and Son not in r eluded under the head of accom l modation paper, the liabilities of ■ Charles W. Horne individually to tal $1,419,624.95, being divided as follows: taxes, $3,544.57; wages 1 $150; secured claims, $52,450; un 5 secured claims, $156,930.38; ac 1 commodation paper, $1,206,5150.— 1 News and Observer. 1 Aspiring young flappers are no\n said to be favoring a revival ol old songs, the favorite being “Lindy, Lindy, Won’t You Be Mine?” 1 CITY COUNCIL TO MEET On Saturday afternoon at 2:3( o’clock the regular meeting o the county council of home dem onstration work composed of work ers from the various home dem onstration clubs in the countv wil hold its regular monthly meeting in the farmers room of the court house. Mr. C. E. Higgins, a represen tative from the Holleman Motor Company, will give a Duco paint demonstration at the beginning of the session. Plans for the summer will be outlined during* the busi ness session which will follow. The county agent. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, is desirous pf hav ing a full attendance. Recorder’s Court Has Full Docket Number of Cases Dispos ed of Tuesday and Wednesday of Lasf Week Recorder’s court met here in re gular session last Tuesday morn ing and a large docket of criminal cases was disposed of. The follow ing cases were tried: Rossie Starling was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and was given a 60-day road sen tence and required to pay the cost, capias not to issue upon the pay ment of $50 fine and cost. Arthur Jackson was convicted of operating a car in a careless and reckless manner. Prayer for judge ment was continued upon the pay ment of cost. Paul Creech was in court, for violating- the prohibition law. He received a 60-day road sentence and was taxed with the cost, the road sentence to be suspended upon the payment of S100 fine and cost on condition that the defend ant does not violate the prohibi tion law again in two years. The defendant is to report to Record (Turn to page three, please) To Turn Loose $37,000 Here Fri. Members of Cotton Asso ciation Will Receive Checks After Speak ing At Courthouse At this season of the year when money is generally scarce the turning loose of $37,000 in John ston county is no small event. On next Friday morning at eleven o’clock some speaker of state-wid* j reputation yet to be selected will be at the courthouse in this city to talk on some pha^| of farming. At the conclusion of his speech a check in the amount of $37,000 will be distributed to members of the Cotton Cooperative Associa tion of Johnston county. This money is the amount due on the short term pool of 1926 cotton. According to Mr. John A. Smith, field revresentative in John ston county, these checks have heretofore ibe|jn m|ailed from the Raleigh office. The meeting will be open for the public, and a good attendance is desired. It is gratifying- to Johnston county that J. W. Stephenson, who has served as director from the fifth district for the past term, was re-elected. The fifth district is composed of Johnston and Wilson counties. His oppon ent was Mr. Woodard, of Wilson county. He: “Who is that handsome bos with the cropped head?” j She: “That’s my cousin Betty.’ He: “And the blonde man wit! the monocle?” She: “That’s my younger sis ter Lu.” He: Laughing, but embarrassed “So I suppose the other young man in the dinner jacket is youi elder sister?” She: “No, that’s my grand mother!”—Ex. Takes Gun From Deputy Sheriff Negro Wrests Pistol From Deputy Beasley of Wil son’s Mills and Gets Away i ne man without a country is a thing heard of, but a sheriff with out a gun was a reality here on Monday morning when Jasper Beasley, Constable and Deputy Sheriff of Wilson’s Mills town ship, came to town to report to the sheriff’s office that Walter Smith, a negro whom he had that morning arrested had wrested his pistol from his pocket and appro priated it to his own use, thereby resisting the officer and refusing to be arrested. The negro is one of a bad char acter, having been under several prior arrests, Deputy Sheriff Beas ly himself having several times arrested him within the past half year. He was wanted at this par ticular tiirji for the larceny of 'some merchandise. Sheriff Beas ley had served his warrant on the [negro and had bidden him get on | his automobile to come to the [county seat. The sheriff’s S. &. [ W. was advantageously exposed to [the negro’s right hand, and mak jing the most of the opportunity, jhe seized that gun and levelled it jOn the sheriff’s head and with [threatening oaths, he told the sheriff that if he valued his life ihe would mount the car and ride, j Deputy Beasley is a prudent man as well as a good and efficient of [ficer, so he calmly got into his Lizzie’ and rode down tb the county seat to report the trouble to the high sheriff. In the mean time the negro went his way car rying with him the officer’s chief emblem of authority. Solicitor Larry Wood was ap prised of the negro’s daring de fiance of the law, and several war rants have been distributed throughout the county, and it is expected that the negro’s freedom is nearing a close. Stores To Close Here Wednesday Business Firms Will Give Their Employees Half Holiday on Wednesday Afternoons From June 15 to August 15 Last summer the merchants of Smithfield tried for the first time the plan of giving* a half holiday 'on Wednesday afternoon of each 1 week during the dull summer months. The plan proved quite successful, and this year it will be undertaken again. Credit is due to W. M. Sanders and those who are employed by him in his store for starting the movement this year. Each merchant in town has been seen and the following have agreed to close their stores every Wednesday at one p. m. during the months of June, July, begin ning June 15 and ending August 18: Pender's Store No. 114. J. D. Spiers. Crumpler-Jones Furniture Co. G. E. Thornton. W. J. Huntley. Hall’s Cash Store Coates Hdw. Co. Jordan Jewelry Co. W. M. Sanders & Son. Hose’s 5, 10 & 25c Store J. E. Gregory & Co. Austin & Hamilton. Miss Ora V. Poole. American Dollar Store Co. A. & P. Tea Co. Jordan-Edmundson Hdw Co. Tumage & Talton. N. B. Grantham. Stevens & Ogburn. R. Lewis. A. G. Rahil. r 'u'' Peedin & Peterson. Graham Smith Market. City Market. Smithfield Shoe Store. Wallace Grocery Co. The Smithfield Herald. . ■ i .. . U ’ . > : Johnston County Peach Orchard Dr. R. J. Noble of Selma, raises as fine peaches as those grown! in the Sand Hill section. He stresses quality rather than quantity. The persons in the picture from left to right are: Mrs. R. P. Noble, of Raleigh; Mrs. T. VV. Winston, of Raleigh; Miss Anne Noble and Dr. Noble, of Selma. Dr. R. J. Noble Is Peach Grower Has Orchard of 600 Trees; Raises Other Fruits Which He Shares With Friends It has not yet appeared what can be done in Johnston county in the way of crop diversification. The Sandhill section of North Carolina has developed into one of the finest peach growing sec tions ,of the country, but some one had to' blaze the way with an experiment. Peach growing as an industry in Johnston is not yet demonstrated and probably never will be purely as an industry in itself on account of the fertile soil so well adapted to a variety of crops, but there are a few in the county who know’ from exper ience that peach growing can be made profitable. Among those who are trying it, perhaps not so much from a money standpoint as from the pleasure derived from eating the fruit and giving it to his friends, is Dr. R. J. Noble of Selma. Dr. Noble has 600 trees which he planted six years ago, and which are now giv ino1 a uiold oqpVi vonr IT n has 400 trees, Elbertas, 100 in the Mayflower variety and a 100 mix ed. Mr. Ashley Powell, who has had some experience in prun ing, spraying and caring for fruit trees, having a fine orchard of his own, looks after the trees of Dr. Noble. Dr. Noble sells each year enough peaches to pay the ex, penses of his orchard. He is very fond of sending his friends, not only in and around Selma, some of his fruit, but he likes to treat his friends in other parts of the country. He has just shipped a crate of dewberries to a friend ir 'Fort Myers, Fla., and The Herald 'gratefully acknowledges receipt of la basket of as luscious berries as any we ever saw in a picture. The dewberry shipment suggest? that Dr. Noble raises other fruil besides peaches. In fact, from tht 24th of April until frost comes ir the fall he has an abundance o: fruit including strawberries, dew berries, peaches, apples, water melons, cantaloupes, Concor< grapes, James grapes and scup pernongs. Lady (to new housemaid en gaged by letter): “Why didn’ you tell me, when you wrote an swering my questions so full} that you were Scotch, Mary?” Mary: “I didn’a like to be boast ing*, mam.” —Ex. College education never hurt a fellow if he has sense enough t g*o ahead and learn somethin after he graduates. Last Of Quartet Returns To Jail Paul Adams Who Escap ed With Separk, Steph enson and Parker, Gives Up„ The last of the quartet which took a vacation of varying- lengths 'from the Johnston county jail dur ing recent days returned , when Paul Adams knocked at the door and was assigned to the same old room on the top floor early Sun day morning. The four who made their escape from the jail included Robert Stephenson, Robert Separk, Rosser Parker and Paul Adams. Separk and Parker came back more than a week ago. Stephen son is improving in an Erwin hos I pital after having been injured by Harnett county officers on last Tuesday night, and now Adams is again under lock and key in the Johnston county jail. I When asked why he went away from the jail, Adams replied that a chance to let slip by. When ask ed why he came back, he replied that he was not guilty of the of fense for which he was placed in jail. Robert Separk, however, vol unteered the intimation that Ad ams heard about the chicken din ner which the prisoners were go ing to be served on Sunday and came back to get his share. | Adams would not tell the whole story of his wanderings since his escape from jail, leaving a blank from the time he escaped untli the shooting in Harnett county. He was free to give his where abouts since the shooting, stating that after the affray he left his father, Floyd Adams, his uncle, I Thomas Adams and Vergil Mor ris and fled to the woods. How ever he went back to his home which was only about three miles distant. He said no officers ap peared at his home in search of him, and he stayed there until Saturday evening, when he start ed to Smithfield to g*ve himself up. At no time was he in hiding, ’ having been seen in several dif ferent public places. Thomas Ad ams and Rufus Messer brought him to Smithfield, reaching here about two o’clock Sunday morning. ‘ He had been by Clayton to see his D| grandmother. He reported to W. *|L. Sutton, the night policeman, ’j who telephoned R. E. Holt, th« jailer, and he was again admitted ’ to the jail. Adams is charged with resist ing* officers in an affray which 3 took place in Cleveland township 3 His case will be tried in the svee ? ial term of the Superior court which convenes here June 27. New York Ready For Hero Of Air Plan* Greatest Reception In Its History In Honor of Chas. A. Lindbergh NEW YORK, June 12—This city from which a young air mail pilot flew to the pinnacle of world fame three weeks ago was ready tonight to accord him the great est reception it has ever arraign ed for an individual. Prom the moment ColoneJ Charles Lindbergh arrives from Washington tomorrow forenoon uni til he leaves Friday for St. Louis, New York will belong to him. Manhattan Island, the waters that surround it and the air above will be included in the setting in which the city will stage its pageant of welcome. Buildings from the Battery to the upper end of the city are bright with flags, the tri-color France and the Stars and Stripe?. During the nights of Landberg-h’s stay the city will be gay with lights blazing in his honor, A huge cross outlined in golden lamps will reach up Fifth Avenue, its cross-arm stretching along Forty-Second Street. a. Vi aerial reception. "Z The arrival at Quarantine in thi lower harbor of the amphibian plane bringing Lindbergh from Washington will tlm cimai the flight of 200 planes over the harbor. The city steamer Macom bear ing the official welcoming party will take Lindbergh from the plane to the battery through a line of 250 vessels decked with flag*3. At the battrey, where Lind-; bergh will encounter his first great New York crowd, a brief re ception will be held. Then with an' escort of 10,000 soldiers, th$ famous guest of the city will pro ceed to the City Hall, where Mayor" James J. Walker will receive him in behalf of official New York. ] From City Hall the parade will 1 move to Central Park, with a halt \ in Madison Square where . Lind- i bergh will place a wreath at the / foot of the eternal light in trib-> ute to New York’s soldier dead. AL ON PROGRAM. Governor Alfred E. Smith wil f receive the famous flier in Cen ! tral Park to add the New Yorl State Medal of Valor to the dec orations he has received abroa< and at the hands of Presiden Coolidge.—Associated Press. DATES FIOR REUNION CHANGED TO MEET JUL'3 WINSTON-SALEM, June 9.-1 Major Robert M. Hanes annoum j ed today a change of dates for tl \ reunion of the 113th Field Arti j lery, 30th Division, A. E. F., fro I August 12-13, 1927 to July 22-21 1927. The change was made b j cause of the change in dates f. the annual encampment of tl j 113th Field Artillery of the N tional Guard, it being desried have the World War veterans the original 113th Field Artilje gather at Fort Bragg with ‘t, men and officers of the 113, Field Artillery of today. The 113th Field Artillery, whi j was a unit of the famous Th tieth Division, was al almost ij per cent Tar Heel outfit. It organized in July 1917 by Col. j bert L. Cox and commanded him throughout the war. The r ! iment served* with distinct J through the St. Mihiel drive t] the battle of the Argonne n; ning high praise from G. H. AUNT ROX1E SAYS j By Me-. “What make* town fokesj are use to ‘lectric lights so bout country moonshine?"