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 (Turn to pag*e four please) 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. 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.”