SMITH FIELD NEEDS:
A Modern Hotel.
Chamber of Commerce.
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
Equal Opportunity for Every School
Child.
Better Marketing System.
More Food and Feed Crops.
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IF. IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
VOLUME 45—NO. 48
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1927
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$2.00 PER YEA'
Auto Driver Is
Given Hearing
Claude Collins, Who
Caused Death of Loom
is Parrish, Is Bound Ov
er to Superior Court
The preliminary hearing of
Claude Collins, of Louisburg,
charged with the killing in an au
tomobile wreck of Loomis Parrish
of O’Neals township, was held in
Youngsville before Magistrate
Tharrington last Tuesday. Ma
terial witnesses in the case arc
Ben Holding and Davis Holmes, of
Louisburg, who were with Collins
when the accident took place.
About twenty witnesses in all were
examined Tuesday. Probable caust
was found and Collins was bound
over to superior court under a
$1,000 bond, which he gave. The
case will be tried in the Octobei
term of court in Franklin county
D. Carlton Stephenson, C. H.
Grady and Paul D. Grady were
present at the hearing, the two
latter having been retained a:
counsel to assist the prosecution.
MEN UNDER BOND
IN SASSER CASE
The coroner’s jury, which met
in the courthouse on Tuesday aft
ernoon to complete the investiga
tion of the death of Willie Sas
ser which occured Sunday night
when his automobile struck a
parked car on the highway, found,
after examining* a great many wit
nesses, that Sasser came to his
death through carelessness on his
own part and on the part of Worth
Arrington, Clarence Sanders, and
Gasker Buie, colored men in the
car which was parked. There was
no evidence whatever that whis
key was in any way responsible
for the accident. The colored men
were remanded to jail pending an
investigation by the grand jury,
but the privilege of a cash bond of
$200 each was allowded.
PAUL BRASWELL DEAD
Paul Braswell, the 18-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bras
well, died at the home of his par
ents here early Tuesday morning
following a brief illness. The
young man held a position at the
Smithfield Steam Laundry. He
was taken ill Sunday with a chill
and was uitable to go to his work
Monday. Another hard chill Mon
day left him seriously ill and he
passed away Tuesday morning. A
malignant form of malaria was
the cause of his death.
The funeral was hied at Yel
ving*ton‘s Grove church Wednes
day afternoon at three o’clock, con
ducted by Rev. S. H. Styron, as
sisted by Elder Jesse Barnes. In
terment was made in the ceme
tery at the church. A large crowd
attended the funeral and burial.
JOINT MEETING OF
KIWANIS CLUBS
The Smithfield and Sela Ki
wanis clubs held a joint meeting
Monday evening* at 6:30 o’clock
jhaK)f way between Selma and
-Smithfield in the oak grove in
front of the Booker home. About
fifty were present to enjoy the
delicious barbecue and fish whci'n
constituted the main items of the
menu. George Ragsdale, president
of the Smithfield club, presided.
He introduced the speakers of the
evening, C. P. Harper and E. J.
Wellons. The union of Smithfield
flnd Selma was the theme of their
remarks. Other members of the
two clubs made short talks.
Tantalizer
I here 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.
Wade Hathaway recognized
his name last issue.
Todays Tantailzer:
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IS VOTED IDEAL FRESHMAN
THL PICTURE below of Miss Elizabeth Temple, of Selma, was
; first prin-tu in this year’s Annual of Limestone College, of Gaffney,
: S. ( ., where it occupies an entire page, and we reprint it by per
mission. Miss Temple won the honor of being the most ideal or
typical freshman of Limestone, through a contest and vote of the
I entire student body. Limestone is an A. Grade college of Which the
South has just cause to feel proud. Miss Temple has, to a marked
degree, displayed talent and won medals in her high school work.
We are justly proud of our sons and daughters who go out from
Johnston County and who with their talents, energy and merits,
win credits and heap unto thehselves friends and promotions in
other states and colleges.
Deputy Ellington
Gets First $50
Reward For Apprehension
And Conviction of “Hit
And Run” Drivers of
Motor Vehicles.
GREENSBORO, June 14.
Checks for $50 each have gone
forward to a deputy sheriff and a
civilian following conviction of
“hit and run” drivers apprehend
ed by them, it was announced to
day by C. \V. Roberts, vice presi
dent of the Carolina Motor club.
John O. Ellington, of Smith
field, a deputy sheriff of Johnston
county, was the first to secure the
$50 standing reward which has
been offered by the motor organi
zation for the apprehension and
conviction of “hit and run” driv
ers. Deputy Ellington caught Hen
ry Avera, negro, near midnight
May 8 after an all day search.
Avera was convicted of hitting* a
car belonging to C. F. George,
damaging the automobile and in
juring Mr. George's young daugh
ter. Avera was sentenced to pa>
the damages and given a suspend
ed road sentence.
Ralph M. Holt, Burlington citi
zen, received th<* second $50 re
ward. After W. R. Ellis collidec
with L. D. Tucker on the street;
of Burlington, Mr. Holt blocke<
the road with his car until officer:
arrived and arrested Ellis. In su
perior court at Graham, Ellis wa
convicted and sentenced to pay ;
fine of $100 and costs, given a 0
months suspended road seriten/ci
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Thief is Caught
At Greensboro
Pine Level Negro Who
Stole Wearing Apparel
In Benson Is Now In!
Jail Here
Arthur Rogers, the negro of
Pine Level at whose home wear
ing apparel which had been stolen
in Benson last week was found,
was apprehended in Greensboro
Monday night. A fifty dollar re
ward had been offered for him by
Benson police and Greensboro of
ficers were on the lookout. The
negro, who is nineteen-years-old,
gave his name to Greensboro of
cers as George Roberts, lie told
his troubles to the woman at
whose house he lodged in Greens
boro and she reported the case to
the police. Chief of Police N. S.
Stevens, of Benson, and L. D. Par
ker, deputy sheriff, also of Ben
son, went to Greensboro after him.
They returned to Benson yester
day morning about three o’clock
and by noon he was lodged in the
Johnston county jail. Rogers, alias
Roberts, admits the whole theft.
.The case will be tried in the June
term of the superior court, the
defendant being held without bond.
Th negro is said to have stolen
■ household goods and clothes va]
i ued at more than $150. lie also
i stole a watch and pistol from res
■ idences at Benson. All of the
■ stolen property has been recover
ed and returned to th eowners.
Tobe Holt Is In
Johnston Co. Jail
Officers Find Eighteen
Gallons of Whiskey On
His Premises; Appear
ed To Be Fixed For Bus
iness.
After a watchful waiting of
two weeks, Johnston county offi
cers visited Wednesday the home
of Tobe Holt, about two miles be
yond Princeton and within half a
mile of Cross Roads church,
searched his premises, found eigh
teen gallons of intoxicating liquor,
arrested Holt, and brought him to
:he Johnston county jail.
About June 1st, Sheriff Turley
’eceived a letter from a mother in
Johnston county who was heart
>roken over the fact that her fif
:een-yearold boy had purchased
>ome whiskey, and had purchased
t from Tobe Holt who made
hreats against the boy if he ever
old where he got it. This Christian
nother, who had striven to train
ler son aright, poured out her
leart to the Johnston county sher
If appealing for his help in put
ing a stop to this nefarious bus
ness of selling whiskey. She made
i plea not only because of her
>wn boy, but for the boys of other
nothers which this one man is
Iragg-ing down to ruin.
No man, much less a father him
self, could fail to heed this earn
;st plea for help, and Sheriff Tur
ey resolved that Tobe Holt should
>e brought to a court of justice,
f it was in his power to accom
plish it. Accordingly, he gave the
acts in the case to one of his dep
ities, Tom E. Talton. Deputy
ralton began to watch and to fol
ow up clues until he was ready
vith what he believes to be con
victing evidence to go after his
nan. He summoned to aid him,
deputy Dan Marler of Bentonville,
Deputy W. W. Stewart of Ingrams,
ipec-ial deputies, George Weeks, of
Boon Hill, and Almond Hood, of
3entonville. Receiving a tip on
Wednesday that meant that the
ime was ripe, the officers went to
Jolt’s residence, and found after
i little investigation, everything
leeded for the operation of an up
;o date barroom. The officers were
expecting to find eight gallons of
leach brandy hid in the loft of the
citchen. However, nothing was
ound in this hiding place, but fur
ther search around the premises
irought to light the eight gallons
>f peach brandy and ten gallons
)f corn whiskey besides.
In the meantime, the officers had
lot neglected to secure Holt who
was taken into custody, and the
search was thorough. One of the
officers made the guess that it
would have been impossible to
haul off all the containers on a
truck. Every kind of container from
a half-pint bottle to a five gallon
bottle, besides a packhouse half
full of fruit jars was found. Three
or four different kinds of flavor
ing were found, and a case or two
of grapejuice used to turn the
whiskey red. Funnels and even
dram-glasses for the retail of sin
gle drinks were discovered. A lot
of scrap copper from which stills
had been made was taken by the
officers.
When the officers arrived upon
the scene, Holt was said to be pre
paring to deliver a gallon of his
liquor to a young citizen of Smith
field. No one else was at home
except Mrs. Holt and a young
lady, presumably her daughter.
The officers reached Smithfield
about dark and lodged Holt in jail,
where he remains at this writing
in default of a $1,000 bond. Sev
eral have come up and offered to
stand his bond, but when their rec
ords were looked up, their finan
cial worth has not been shown suf
ficient, and the officers are taking
no chances.
Holt, who is said to terrorize
his family, has been in the clutches
of the law before, but has n°t yet
learned his lesson. He has worked
on the Johnston county roads for
a period of 18 months, and is also
said to have served a term in the
Atlanta penitentiary. He is a man
50 years old or more.
Presbyterian Services
Four Oaks 11 a. m. Subject: The
fate of the unprepared. Wildwood
J3:30 afternoon. Angier 8 p. m. The
Public cordially invited.
W. F. Grimes Is
County Tax Collector
W. F. Grimes, former sheriff
of Johnston county, was se
lected by the board of county
commissioners in session here
Wednesday, as county tax col
lector. This office was created
by the last legislature and car
ries with it a salary of S3,000
per year plus an amount for
expense connected with the col
lection of t;*.:::-..
There were six applicants for
the position including Mr.
Grimes, Jerry George, of Four
Oaks; \Y. \\. Hare, of Selma:
I>. O. Uzzle, of Wilson’s Mills;
1). N. Holt, of Fine Level, and
J- H. Kirkman. It required five
ballots to make a selection,
three ballots being cast before
any candidate received as many
as two votes.
Monthly Meeting
American Legion
Will Endeavor To Add 50
Members To Roll Be
tween June 15 And July
15.
At the regular meeting of the
Pou-Parish post of the American
Leg-ion held in the cimmissioners
room of the courthouse here Wed
nesday evening it was decided to
put on a membership campaign. A
goal was set for fifty new mem
bers. Mr. Geo. Ross Pou, of Ral
egh, volunteered to give a “feed’’
to every member who enrolls a
new member during the cam
paign which began June 15 and
continues through July 15. He will
give the dinner within ten days
after the close of the campaign,
and will entertain both the active
old members and the new members.
Announcement of this dinner will
be made later through the columns
of the Herald.
At this meeting the subject of
Government insurance was gone
into and explained to the members
present. There was quite a brief
interest shown in this phase of
the meeting resulting in a goodly
number filing applications for this
insurance.
The American Legion is steadily
on the growth here the membership
to date being two hundred twenty
two.
Reports at this meeting by Com
mander Stephenson on the activi
ty of the legion during the last
month sounded mighty good, sev
eral claims having been filed, and
quite a few claimants receiving
favorable reports on their claims,
others receiving checks in pay
ment of claims.
The question of where the an
nual county feed which is on No
vember 11 each year is to be
held came up. Nothing definite is
known as to what town will invite
the ex-soldiers to enjoy the day
with them, but the legion’s eyes are
turned toward the wide-awake
town of Benson.
Messrs. H. V. Rose and W. M.
Gaskin were appointed to d'raw
up resolutions of respect for the
father of Mr. S. E. Hogwood who
died a few days ago at his home
in Petersberg, Va.,
New members received at this
meeting were, twenty-two.
Mrs. Alban Improves
In Local Hospital
KENLY, June 15.—The many
friends of the family of S. J.
Darden will be happy to learn
that his daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Alban of Raleigh, who was
thought to have been hopeless
ly injured in an automobile
wreck on Sunday afternoon,
June 5, near Micro, is improv
ing and that the chances of her
recovery are considered favor
able by her physicians. She
is still in t.he hospital at Smith
field where she was was taken
immediately after the accident.
While her (suffering continues
to be intense she seems to be
gradually gaining strength. Her
improvement is considered mi
raculous by those who witness
ed her condition c’uring the
first days following the acci
dent.
Truck Policy Is
AdoptedBy Board
School Budget In Course
of Preparation By Co.
Superintendent With
Members of Education i
Board And Board ot
Commissioners Assist
ing.
At a meeting; of the Board ol
Education of Johnston county held
here last week, two school dis
tricts in Meadow township took
steps to truck their children to
Meadow high school next year.
These districts are Holly Grove,
Meadow No. 3, and Poplar Grove,
or Meadow No. 4.
At a meeting held on April 21,
the board of education discussed
the effect of recent legislation
upon the school districts of the
county and especially upon the
small districts that have been
trucking their upper grades and
high school students into the lar
ger districts. This new legislation
requires that every expenditure
for next year be listed in the
school budget which is prepared
by the county superintendent of
schools and- presented to the board
of county commissioners by July
1st. This means that those schools
who want truck service for next
year, and which have not already
arranged for it, should not delay
in petitioning the board of edu
cation. The result of the discus
sion on April 21, was sent out by
Supt. Marrow in a letter to com
mitteemen immediately after the
April meeting. This matter is in
the hands of the committeemen.
In the main the same policy
that has been pursued was re
adopted and in the light of the
recent legislation the sense of the
board was that no truck be as
signed except to districts that
were able from their local tax to
pay first for the operation of the
trucks for the extended term and
second to pay from their local
tax the tuition of such students as
said district wished to send into the
larger schools.
In regard to making up ,the
budget for next year, a discussion
made at a meeting held on May
10, provides that a representa
tive from the board of commis
sioners and the board of educa
tion be present in the prepara
tion of the budget. Mr. Marrow
was instructed to work out the
details and to notify at least one
member from each board to be
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Good Roads Daddy
W »<
James McDonald of New Haven,1
Conn., five time* president of the
American Road Builders Ass'n, i*
known throughout the country as
“the father of good roads."
Shoots Father
After Quarrel
David McLamb Is Out Un
der $1000 Bond For
Shooting Nathon Mc
Lamb.
BENSON, June 14.—Nathan Me
ILamb, a farmer who lives one
mile east of Benson, is in a se
rious condition as a result of a
gun-shot wound inflicted by his
son, David McLamb, because of an
argument over a stack of fodder.
The son is being held in the 1
Johnston county jail at Smithfield
without bond, awaiting the out
come of the affair. The elder Mc
Lamb is in a serious condition, but
will probably recover. He was
shot in the face, neck, and shoul
ders with number 6 chilled shot,
when he insisted on removing a
load of fodder from a stack be
longing to his son. The son had
rented land from his father, and
the trouble arose over a small
debt.
The shooting took place about
5:«30 this morning when the elder
McLamb drove to the stack of fod
der to collect his debt. His son
ordered him to get off the place,
and when the father refused, went
into the house, got his gun and
shot his father deliberately, tak
ing aim at his head and face. It j
is estimated that the shooting took j
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28 From Johnston At Fort Bragg
FORT BRAGG, June 15.—Lists !
of these selected for training with
the Citizens’ Military Training
Camp here, made public today,
contain the names of 28 young men
of Johnston county. They are: Ev
erett Austin, William Avera, Lewis
Brown, Ronald Ellis, William Far- :
mer, Noel Farmer, Ovid Gillert,
Harry Hall, Eugene Hinton, Nick
leson Jeffrys, Hudson Jenkins,
Hallie Johnson, Theodore Boyett,
Dock Jones, William Jones, Lyn
don Jordan, Josh Lancaster, Jo
seph Moore, Frank Morgan, Wil
lie O’Mara, Floyd Parrish, How
ard Radford, Wade Royal 1, James
Smith, James Utley, David Wall,
Frank Wallace, James Wellons,
Taylor Young.
Selected from among the appli
cants in the Fourth Corps Area,
these candidates arrived at Fort
Bragg today for thirty days camp
course. The course of instruction,
according to the officers of the
camp, is designated primarily to
train the boys in citizenship. The
afternoons are devoted to athletic
games and contests, under the sup
ervision of experienced coaches.
The morning exercises are such as
to tend to enlarge the value of
this younger generation to the
civil community by inoculating the
rudiments of military discipline.
In addition, those in the advanc
ed courses have an opportunity to
qualify for appointment in the of
ficers’ reserve corps, a civilian
component of the army of the
United States.
Kenly Young Woman Sees “Lindy”
KENLY, June 15.—Miss Nell
Hardison has returned from
Washington, I). CM where she
witnessed the celebration in
honor of Captain Charles Lind
bergh on Saturday. She made
the trip by automobile in com
pany with her brother, DeWitt
Hardison, and a party of young
people from Enfield. Miss Har
dison stated that the reception
plewas magnificient, that the pa
rade up Pennsylvania Avenue
itself was worth a trip to the
capital. Fortunate enough to
get ta view at close Tange of
the hero and his mother, she
!said that Jie was piore yhan
six feet tall, had bronzed red
dish hair, and was slightly tan
ned. She observed that he did
not smile very often and that
fie (was modesty itself. While
being eulogized by the presi
dent, his attitude was that of
one who hardly knew what all
the celebration 'was •’■'about.
Miss Hardison also saw his
j monoplane, “The Spirit of St.
! Louis,” in which he made his
: epochal flight across the Atlan
j tic, and observed that it look
i ed almost like a toy in compar
j ison with the other aeroplanes
! along with U on the Potomac
River.
I
Mrs. W. G. Wilsoi
Goes To Rewart
Beloved Woman Dies Al
ter Brief Illness; Funet
al To-Day At Her Horn
In Wilson’s Mills.
A large circle of friends and ot
quaintances heard with sorrow
news of the death of Mrs. Mari
Rouse Wilson, wife of W. G. Wi
son’ chairman of the Count
Board of Education, which occur;
ed at her home in Wilson’s Mill#
yesterday morning between threj
and four o’clock. Mrs. Wilson’s id
ness was of but brief duration
little over a week. Monday a wee;
ago, she was taken suddenly ill ant
lapsed into unconsciousness. jj
very delicate operation later in th.
week seemed entirely successful
and hopes were held out for he~
recovery, w.hen on Tuesday of thi<
week about noon, she suffered ^
second stroke and grew gradually
worse until she passed away earlj
yesterday morning.
Perhaps no citizen of the com
munity in which she spent .34 years
of her life would be so sorely miss i
ed. She was a native of LaGrange;
being the daughter of the late Mr
and Mrs. Noah Rouse. As a young
woman 21 years of age, she wen;
to Wilson’s Mills as the bride ol
Mr. W. G. Wilson. She fittted ini
to the life of the village, and has:
lived such a beautiful example oi
service to others that her passing
will be mourned by all who knew
her. She joined the Christian
church when a young girl, ant
throughout her days has been a
loyal worker in the Master’s vine
yard. She was active in every
phase of Christian work and wfl
interested in the civic welfare oi
her community. She was, at tlu
time of her death, president of the
Wilson’s Mills Woman’s club.
There was a daily beauty aboui
her life which won every heart, j
Besides a host of relatives and
friends, Mrs. Wilson leaves a hus
band, W. G. Wilson, four sons and
one daughter, namely: Noah Wil
son, of Raleigh, Dr. Gilliam Wil
son, of Smithfield, Ralph Wilson
of Thomasville, Chas. Wilson ane
Miss Margaret Wilson, of Wilsons
Mills. Miss Margaret Wilson onl)
last week received her M. A. de
gree at Columbia University, Nev
York, and was in Washington, D
C., e* route home when a message
summoned her to her mother’'
bedside. All of the family reachee
her bedside before she passec
away.
The funeral will be held thi:
afternoon at two o’clock at the
residence, after which intermen
will be made in the Wilson’s Mills
cemetery. The funeral will be con
ducted by Dr. H. S. Hilly, presi
dent of Atlantic Christian College
W’ilson, a former pastor of the de
ceased, assisted by Rev. A. Corey
pastor of the Christian church o;
Kinston.
Those in WTilson’s Mills for tin
funeral are: N. J. Rouse of Kin
ston and T. R. Rouse of La Grange
brothers of Mrs. Wilson; Mrs. J
Y. Joyner of Raleigh, and Mis
Bessie Rouse of Wilson, sisters o
the deceased; Emory Rouse an
Mrs. Windham of La Grange
Mr. and Mrs. Meyers of Thomas
ville, and Mr. Haywood Edmund
son of Wilson.
Being in business is a positio?
but keeping in it is a job.
New York police captured a bui
glar who had tools of his trad
hid in his wooden leg. Thi
reads like a LEGend, eh?
AUNT ROXIE SAYS
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"What makes town fokea d
are use to ‘Jectric %hts so era
bout country moonshineV*