SMITHFIELD NEEDS:
A Modern Hotel.
Chamber of Commerce.
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
Equal Opportunity for Every School
Child.
Better Marketing System.
More Food and Feed Crops.
IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
VOLUME 45—NO. 49
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1297
-$2.00 PER YEAR
State Equalization Board
Raises Johnston’s Values
County Will Receive $56,
645.56 From Equaliza
tion Fund Which Was
^ Increased To $3,250,000
By the Last Legislature
The Equalization Board in dis- j
tributing the 1927 school equaliza
tion fund of $3,250,000 raised the
1926 valuation of property in John
ston county 33.4 per cent. Wilkes
county was the only county in
which the valuation was raised!
more than in Johnston county. j
Wilkes was raised 35.4 per cent. |
This does not mean that Johnston i
county win nave to value its prop
erty at $58,000,000.00 for the pur
pose of county taxation, but it
does mean that the county cannot
participate in the Euqalization
Fund until it has raised an amount
equal to what 40 cents on the $100
would produce on a valuation of
$58,000,000.
The assessed valuation of
Johnston county under the 1020
revaluation act was alleged to be
$63,000,000.00 but when the dupli
cations in listing were finally elim
jiated Johnston county did not
have over $00,000,000.00 of prop
erty even on the inflated valua
tion of 1920. Therefore, the action
of the Equalization Board in es
tablishing the valuation at $58,
000,000 has put the property of
Johnston county back at the inflat
ed values of 1920, lacking just
$2,000,000. Bankruptcies and fail
ures alone have eliminated from
the list of Smithfield township at
least $2,000,000 to say nothing of
the slump in other townships.
The Board of Equalization rais
ed the values in 25 counties of the
state above what they were un
der the 1920 re-valuation and it
raised the valuations in 84 coun
ties above what they were in 1926.
Two counties were left as they
were and 14 counties were reduced.
Robeson, the home of Governor
A. W. McLean, was granted the
largest amount from the equaliza
tion fund which is $82,859.51 as
against $10,843.77 which this
county received in 1926. Robeson
was valued at $72,000,000 in 1920
and reduced this valuation to $41,
000,000 in 1926, and the board
placed their valuation at $47,000,
000 before they began to partici
pate in the equalization fund.
Johnston county in 1920 was val
ued at $63,000,000, or really $60,
000,000, and was reduced to $44,
000,000 in 1926 and yet the board
placed a valuation of $58,000,000
on it before it can participate in
the equalizing fund. Nash which
also got a big* amount from the
equalization fund had a valuation
in 1920 of $50,000,000 which had
been reduced to $3*2,00^,000 in
1926 and the board left their val
uation at $33,000,000 before they
participated in the equalization
fund. Nash is the home of Mr.
Spruill, who is a member of the
equalization board from this dis
trict.
A portion of the law creating the
equalization board provides “The
amount due any county from the
equalization fund shall be the
amount by which the necessfery
cost of the six months school term
is herein calculated exceeds the
amount produced by a forty cent
levy on the valuation of said coun
ty as determined by the board of
equalization.”
This means that Johnston coun
ty will have to levy 53 cents on the
*100 on $44,000,000 rather than 40
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Tantalizer
There are exactly enough lct
ers in the line below to spell
a,9 ,name “f a person in Smith
an,r* the right one de
r'Pners his name and will pre
*ent !<• to The Herald office,
we will present him with a
complimentary ticket to the
‘ct°cy Theatre. Tickets must
be called for before the fol
lowing issue.
Blye Gulley recognized his
name last issue.
Todays Tantalizer:
apynaroenn
"Lirtdy’s Pay Day ”
Here is the man who started the
Wcw York to Paris hopping—Mr.
Raymond Ortcig, hotel owner of
: flew York. At a special dinner last
arcek Lindy wa* handed the
! USjOOO check by Mr. Orteig.
Children Should
Keep Off Street
Carolina Motor Club
Stresses Important of
Safeguarding Life and
Limbs of Children
GHJ3BNSBORO, June 20—An
appeal to parents to co-operate in
keeping their children out of the
streets and to teach them to cross
streets and highways at intersec
tions and regularly designated pe
destrian lanes was made today by
C. VV. Roberts, vice president of
the Carolina Motor club in com
menting on the deaths of three
tots in Greensboro within the past
two days. Two of the youngsters
were killed in the streets while
the third sustained fatal injuries
when the automobile in which it
was riding with its parents turn
ed over.
“Vacation has stimulated the
play spirit of children and places
an especial responsibility on par
ents to pay close attention to
youngsters’ outdoor activities,” Mr.
Roberts said.
“Because they have no other
place to play many youngsters
take their bats, balls, tops, mar
bles and skipping ropes into the
streets, creating a tremendous traf
fic hazard. It is the function of
parents to discourage this prac
tice whenever and wherever pos
sible and to make this work con
structive parents should assist
their children in finding play space
that is safe.
| "Children will play and 11 no
jother place is available they will
[take to the streets regardless of
traffic conditions. Telling a child
to keep out of the street is not
enough. Even the obedient child
forgets, in its enthusiasm for base
.ball, rope-skipping or some other
form of play, that the street is
dangerous. The wise parent will go
farther than merely telling the
'child not to play in the street. He
jor she will attempt to find an
available safe play space.
“School playgrounds, of course,
are available to thousand of young
sters. It is unfortunately true,
however, that many owners of va
jcant lots, which make ideal play
'grounds, forbid youngsters to use
them for this purpose. Parents, in
such a circumstance have a real
chance to be of service to them
selves, their children and the cause
of safety. If the organized adults
of a neighborhood approach the
irascible lot owner in the propei
way they may find it relatively
easy to induce him to change his
position. Motor clubs ,k1 various
parts of the country haVe assistec
in this work and their records
show very few failures.”
Famed London artist says Eng
lish girl’s is most perfect ankle
We’re above such things over here
1 We’ve been judging knees for tw<
years now.
/ .& ■ ' J ■
two Busy Days In
Recorder’s Court
Variety of Cases Come Up
For Trial In Johnston
County Court
The following cases were dis
)oscd of in Recorder’s court here
last Tuesday and Wednesday:
Algie. Cromar, Glenn and Mel
vin Barbour entered a plea of
guilty to a warrant charging tres
oass. Prayer for judgement was
continued upon the payment of the
Monroe McLamb entered a plea
of guilty to possession and trans
oortation of liquor. He was given
sixty days on the roads.
Probable cause was found in the
case against Eddie Stocks, charged
with larceny, and he was bound
over to Superior court.
Tom Nelson and Hattie Dickens
were charged with fornication and
adultery. Hattie Dickens, not hav
ing been apprehended, was not
tried. Tom Nelson was convicted.
He was given a 30-day road sen
tence. He was also required to pay
the cost. The road sentence was
suspended upon the payment of a
$10 fine and the cost.
Charlie Dunbar and Christopher
Hinton were in court for fornica
tion and adultery. Charlie Dunbar
was sentenced to the roads for 30
days, the road sentence to be sus
pended upon the payment of $10
fine and cost. Christopher Hinton
had not been apprehended and was
not tried.
Gaston Roberts, who was charg
ed with assault, was found not
guilty.
The state took a nol pros with
leave in the case against Tom Ray,
charged with giving a worthless
check.
Paul Holt entered a plea of guil
ity to assault. Judgement was sus- j
pended upon the payment of the
cost.
Norman Langston. Norman Oats
John Cobb, Bernice Oats, and
John Red were charged with gamb
ling. Each defendant was given 90
days on the roads tnd taxed with
one-fifth the cost. The road sen
tence was suspended upon the pay
ment of $10 fine and one-fifth the
cost each.
Emmitt Eason was in court on
three counts—larceny, operating a
motor Vehicle .while intoxicated,
and malicious injury to personal
property. On the charge of larceny
probable cause was found and he
was bound over to Superior court.
He was found guilty of operating
a motor vehicle while intoxicated
and sent to the roads for four
months. He was also found guilty
of malicious injury to personal
property and the judgement of the
court was that the defendant pay
a $50 fine. He took an appeal to
Superior court under a $500 bond.
Matthew Martin, charged with
violating the prohibition law, was
found guilty of sale. He was sen
tenced to the roads for a term of
six months, the sentence to begin
at the expiration of the sentence
I the defendant is now serving.
Fulton' McLamb, charged with
operating a motor vehicle while in-1
toxicated, entered a plea of nolo!
contendre. He was sentenced to the
roads for (50 days, the road sen
tence to be suspended upon the pay
ment of $100 fine and cost on con
dition that the defendant does not
violate the prohibition law again
in twelve months.
Jesse Capps was found guilty of
possession and transportation of
liquor. He was sentenced to the
roads for 60 days and taxed with
the cost. He took an appeal.
J. B. Strickland entered a plea of
guilty to being publicly drunk. He
was fined $10 and taxed with the
cost.
J. W. Flowers and David Flow
ers were charged with violating
the prohibition law. David Flow
ers not guilty. J. W. Flowers found
guilty of possession. He was fined
$50 and required to pay cost.
Ed Wallace was found guilty of
possessing beer and a still. He was
given 90 days on the roads. The
road sentence was suspended upon
the payment of the cost on condi
tion that he does not violate the
prohibition law again in twelve
months.
B. J. White, charged with vio
1 lating the prohibition law, was
called and failed. Judgement ni si
JUDGE F. H. BROOKS
SEES JJIG AIRSHIP
Whether or not it was the
U. S. army semi-rigid airship
TC-5 or not, Judge F. II,
Brooks does not know, but he
does know that at 4:10 yester
day morning he was awaken
ed from sleep and saw sailing
through the sky above what
appeared to be, as he describ
ed it, a passenger train all
aglow with lights. He arous
ed the other members of the
family to look at the unus
ual sight.
The TC-5 passed over Ral
eigh Sunday afternoon about
2:30 o’clock and landed about,
an hour later at Fort Bragg.
It is possible the ship had re
sumed its journey and that it
was this ship that Judge
Brooks saw.
Co-Op Members
Receive Checks
About Three Hundred
Gather In Court House
When Checks Were
Distributed Here Fri
day
--
MR. WEBSTER TALKS
There was general satisfaction
among the three or four hundred
members of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative Asso
ciation who either received their
checks by mail or at the meeting
held in the courthouse here Friday
morning. About 300 were gath
ered at the courthouse to receive
their share of the $37,000 paid out
in Johnston county as the final
settlement of the 1926 short term
pool. '
Mr. J. W. Stephenson, director j
of this district, presided over the j
meeting, and introduced the speak
er for the day, Mr. Webster, of j
the Raleigh office. Mr. Webster *
reviewed the history of the cotton 1
association briefly, pointing out
certain advantages of cooperative 1
marketing. He claimed that the 1
association has helped the price on (
the open market. A special advan- !
tage of the association has been .
the fact that farmers have been 1
paid accoridng to the length of J
cotton staple. As yet this is not
taken into consideration by cotton *
buyers on the open market. Mr. 1
Webster thinks that the method *
of^sledding cotton in Texas has *
loomed ordinary cotton in North *
Carolina. Improvement of the sta
ple will be a big factor in holding '
up the price. ‘
Mr. Webster spoke of the new *
contract which is noting with 1
general approval. He stated that *
the association must build its con- (
tract like any other business—on *
satisfied customers. Mr. John A.
Smith, field representative for
Johnston county, announced that
be had plenty of blanks and would i
be glad to accommodate any far- ]
mer wishing to sign the new con- <
tract.
The meeting was thrown open i
for general discussion, and among
those making brief talks were: J. <
P. Parker, chairman of the local
organization, and W. H. Massey.
JAKE ALFORD PUTS IN
FIRST TOBACCO OF SEASON
P srhaps the first barn of to
baci o to be barned in Eastern
North Carolina this season, was
begun this week by Mr. Jake
Alford, who lives on Smithfield
Route One. Mr. Alford put in
his tobacco yesterday. 1 It is
generally the last of July be
fore farmers do much curing
of tobacco.
fa and capias.
Willie (Lonnie) Spencer, charg
ed with violating the prohibition
law, was found guilty of aiding
and abetting in the manufacturer
of Whiskey and guilty of posses
sion of whiskey. He was sent t:*
the roads for 60 days and taxed j
with the cost.
Sam Lee and W. B. Williford,;
charged with violating of the pro
hibition law, were convicted of
manufacture and possession. They
were sent to the roads for 60 days
and taxed with one-half the cost
Jeach,
County Officers
Invited To State
Dr. Brooks Would Have
County Officers of
North Carolina Study
New Acts And Their
Application
RALEIGH, June 20.—County
commissioners, financial officers;
in fact, the entire official person
nel of the counties have been ask
ed by Dr. E. C. Brooks, President
of State College and Chairman of
the County Government Advisory
Commission, and Charles M. John
son, Executive Secretary of the
Commission, to come to Raleigh
Tuesday, July 19, and spend a few
days at State College considering
the new acts and their applica
tions.
Rooms will be furnished free at
State College, and the other ex
penses will be reduced to a min
imum, as the college cafeteria will
be open and meals will be avail
ale thefre at a very reasonable
rate.
It is generally believed by the
members of the commission and
others interested that this county
government institute will do much
good, as the commission will have
experts on hand to present careful
studies of the new county legisla
tion and the duties of the county
officials as provided by these acts.
The codification of the county
laws recently made by Assistant
Attorney General Frank Nash wilj
3C published by that time and will
oe used at the institute.
iiif instruction ny emcicncy ex
perts and the careful explanation
)f the uses and purposes of the
various bookkeeping forms should
freatly aid the county officials in
icquiring an intelligent under
standing of the new county gov
ernment machinery as provided by
aw, and an efficient system of
:eeping records, thus simplifying
heir duties and working towards
i better and more uniform sys
em of record keeping throughout
he state.
Speakers will be on hand to sup
plement the actual work of mas
ering the record keeping with ad
resses setting forth the major
ims and purposes of the entire
jgislation, the objective of which
s not as yet clearly understood in
ome sections.
This institute, in addition, will
nable the official personnel of the
ounties to exchange views. Thus
he week spent at State College
hould be fruitful of new ideas, of
larified meanings with reference
o the objectives of the laws, and
/ith an improved knowledge of
he machinery necessary to a sim
le but efficient system of keeping
ecords and of handling and safe
warding the several funds of the
ounties. There are already indica
ions of a large attendance.
TOBE HOLT GIVES BOND
Tobe Holt, charged with violat
ng the prohibition law who was
•laced in jail here last week in
lefault of a $1000 bond, gave bond
•'riday, Z. A. Radford and wife
tanding his bond. His case will
come up in today’s recorder’s
:ourt.
A Good Investment.
A bank at Marshville in Union
:ounty offers to finance 60 per
-ent of the purchase price of a
?ood cow for any farmer patron
)f good character. The notes may
[>e paid in one and two years.
Spent Sunday In City
Mr. C. H. Bone, of Rocky
Mount, was in the city Sunday
the guest of friends.
STORES TO CLOSE EVERY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
With the exception of the
drug stores, Hudson-Belk com
pany and Chas. Davis, the
stores of this city will be
closed again tomorrow (Wed
nesday) .afternoon after one
o’clock. This will be the rule
each Wednesday until August
18th. Smithfield merchants
realize that “all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy,”
and during (the itfull season,
have agreed to give this half
holiday to their employes and
themselves.
<t?6orru2-^Lmdy,s Supreme Hour^c9€onor
.. 1? iT i .... ■ -
Only once during ail the days and bodS-s sitoce he hopped off on his
historic flight to Paris*—did the wonderful poise and self-control of
the youthful Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh desert him. That
was when ho advanced to meet the President of his land—to receive
the highest honor bi$* nation could bestow. His knees trembled
slightly and his eyes were misty—but soon the Lindy smile returned
—as shown below, when, with the President, Mrs. Coolidge, and his
«uother be reached the White House.
IncreasedDemand
For N. C. Tobacco
R. W. McFarland Gives
Figures Showing In- i
crease of Cigarette Con
sumption Expected To
Offset Increased Acre
age
The tobacco acreage has been
ncreased this year, and it is prac
;ically assured that the crop mar
keted next fall will be bigger than
ast year’s crop. However, there
s an increased demand for East
ern North Carolina tobacco, and
those who have studied the situ
ation feel that a good price is
justified.
Mr. R. W. McFarland, secretary
of the Winston-Salem Tobacco As
sociation, gave some figures in
the “Wilson Times” a few weeks
ago, which tobacco growers) in
Johnston may find interesting:
“With reference to the Winston
market which is located in the old
belt he says as far as that section ;
is concerned there will be only a
slight increase in the acreage in |
this year’s crop, and the* farmers'
are turning their attention to the j
production of cigarette and smok
ing types of tobacco where they
have been concentrating their en
ergies on the chewing types, which
are now less in demand.
“Mr. McFarland says the in
crease in the bright leaf belt will
be around 00,000,000 pounds. The
[production in eastern North Car
olina last year was 271,390,810
pounds. . The increase in Eastern
North Carolina he thinks will be
around ten per cent over last
year, which calculating according
to a normal yield will make an
increase over last year of ten per
cent or 27,000,000 pounds.
“The acreage increase in South
Carolina will be twenty per cent.
Last year South Carolina produc
ed 65,912,000 which would make
on that basis an increase of 13,
000,000 pounds.
“Last year the Georgia crop was
1
Turn to page four, pleas#
Tobacco Season
Prospects Good
I he Banner and Central
Warehouse Will Oper
ate; Date For Opening
Sale Not Yet Set
The prospects for a good to
bacco season in Smithfield this
-ear are bright. Two warehouses
vill be operated, the Banner and
he Central. It is not known at
his time whether a third ware
iouse will be operated or not.
The Banner Warehouse, which
las operated continuously since
;he establishment of a tobacco
narket in this city, will have its
usual force to take care of its
arge number of customers. There
will be some change in the man
agement of the Central Ware
louse, the proprietors being styled
Bass, Adams & Cobb. Mr. G. WT.
Bass who comes from South Bos
ton, Va., will be auctioneer; Mr.
C. W. Adams, also of South Bos
ton, Va., was here last season, and
will be here again as sales man
ager; Mr. J. N. Cobb is bookkeep
er.
Mr. Bass and Mr. Adams arriv
ed in the city last week and will
be here until the market closes
at the end of the tobacco season.
These men are visiting various
parts of the county and it is their
opinion that there will be a good
crop of tobacco which will bring
good prices in the fall. In East
ern North Carolina there is said
to be about a fifteen per cent in
crease in acreage, but the increas
ed demand for the manufactured
product assures good prices.
I The United States Tobacco As
sociation will meet in Morehead
City tomorrow, June 22, at which
|time the date for opening the
markets will be set. It will prob
ably be August 30 or September
6 for this occasion.
Tom Tarheel says lime and al
falfa seed are both cheaper this
year and that’s why he picks this
as a good time to plant a field to
,he cr°P' _kvjSH
Presbyterians To
Conduct A Camp
Expect a Hundred Yount?
People At Holt Laka
June 27-July 4; Aus
pices Granville Presby
tery
A hundred or more young peo
ple between the ages of fourteen
and twenty are expected to at
tend the religious camp for young
people of the Granville Presbytery,
which will be held at Holt Lake,
three miles from this city, June
to July 4.
The purpose of the camp is to
bring together the young people
of Granville Presbytery for a study
of the word of God and to pro
mote clean fun and fellowship in
God’s g-reat out-of-doors. The camp
will be located on the spot form
erly used by the Boy Scouts as a
camping ground. Army tents will
provide shelter, with a chaperone
for each tent.
The director of the camp is Rev.
P. Cary Adams, of Roxboro, with
Mrs. E. L. Hill, of Roxboro, as
sistant director. Rev. C. J. Hol
lansworth, of Raleigh, will have
charge of religious education. Mr.
E. B. Manning, of Roanoke Rapids,
will direct the recreation. Mrs. A.
H. Rose, of Smithfield, is dietitian.
Dr. W. J. B. Orr is health officer,
ind Dr. A. H. Rose is physician,
rhe business manager is Rev.
Chester Alexander, and registra
tion cards should be signed and’
•eturned to him at the earliest
possible moment. There will be a
woman counsellor for every ten
?irls and a man counsellor for ev
ery ten boys, which will assure
rlose personal attention to all who
ittend camp. Delegates are ex
pected to arrive at the camp on
he afternoon of Monday, June 27.
rhe camp will break on Monday
ifternoon, July 4.
The faculty for the camp will
nclude the following: Rev. James
sprunt, Bible; Rev. P. Cary Ad- ■
ims, Life of (Christ; Rev. Joe
dack, Church History; Rev. C. J’.
follansworth, Bible; Mrs. James
>prunt, Counsellor; Miss Emelyn
lolton, Bible; Miss Jessie Rich
irdson, Sunday School Work; Miss
fulia Barclay, Bible; Miss Mary
looker, Young People Leadership;
lev. J. H. Gruver, Missions; Hon,
3. B. Crow, Personal Work.
:OUPLE WEDS TWICE IN A
MONTH TO MAKE IT LEGAL
DUNN, June 18.—Guthrie M.
Hunter and Miss Zula Cather
ine McNeill, Harnett county
couple have been married
twice during the last month.
Hunter secured the license
to wed Miss McNeill in Har
nett and was married soon
thereafter by a justice of the
peace in Lee county.
When the license was re
turned the register of deeds
advised the couple that they
were not legally married and
the ceremony was performed
the second time by a Harnett
county magistrate. Now they
are married, without a doubt.
COATS HARDWARE CO. ,,U :
GOES INTO BANKRUPTC Y
On June 17, J. E. Coates, pro- -■
prietor of Coats Hardware Com- ;
pany, was duly adjudicated bank
rupt. The first meeting of his
creditors will be held in Raleigh
on June 28. Assets of the firm
were listed at around $10,000 in
cluding $6,000 insurance, while the j
liabilities total about $6,000.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS -
By Me—i
it mrm • .w
'
“My ole man Kot some whiskey
to cure me and made his own fool
self sick wid it.”