gMITHFIELD 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.
$2.00 PER YEA1
VOLUME 45—NO. 51
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNINO, JUNE 28,-1927
* * *
J Tobacco Market
Opens On Sept. 6
Dates Are Fixed by Sales
Committee of Tobacco
Association; Crop Pros,
pects Good
The tobacco market will open in
Smithfield on Tuesday September |
6, according to a decision made 1
by the sales committee of the To
bacco Association of the United
States which met in Morehead
City last week. The market will
open in Georgia on August 2; in
South Caifdina and along the
North Carolina border on August
9; in Eastern Carolina on Septem
ber 6; and in the old belt on Oc
tober 4.
The second day of the tobacco
association was taken up with re
ports which are encouraging.
Eastern Carolina is said to have
the finest tobacco crop in years,
and Ben Dixon MacNeill, in the
News and Observer, quotes the as
sociation, as thinking that tobacco
prices in Eastern North Carolina
ought -to be better than usual this
year.
Mr. MacNeill further reports
that the tobacco men assembled
in Morehead City "are an opti
mistic lot, though not in the fash
ion of men who plant a patch of
tobacco and hope prices are g*o
ing to be good. These fellows here
are men who know about all there
is to be known about the tobacco
business. They can and do talk in
percentages, and know as much
about the tobacco crop in China
and South Africa as the average
farmer knows about his neighbor's
NO BUMPER CROP.
“This section has not a bumper
crop as many have been thinking.
It is seven and one-half per cent
above last year’s in acreage, and
the condition of the crop is about
average. Dry weather and cold
have delayed it, and the actual
poundage will not run above last
year’s average crop. There is no
great amount of bright tobacco
stored anywhere in the world and
the market is going to be right
lively.
“One other thing that the cas
ual listener heard on the cruise
of the Pamlico this morning when
70-odd of the leaders *of the in
dustry went out to the Atlantic
Ocean and some of them got sea
sick, was that within five years
the entire export tobacco business
in America will be confined to the
Virginia-Carolina bright belt. Nat
ural monopoly helps here and the
doings of Mussolini and Premier
Baldwin hurt the burley belts.
“Mussolini has put the Italians
to raising their own tobacco, and
so diligently has he made them
work that they buy no black to
bacco from the burley folks. They
raise a surplus, and export some
themselves now. Premier Baldwin
has so protected the British Co
lonial tobacco patches that our
American burley has no place in
competition with them. North
Carolina will stay in the world mar
ket because not even .Mussolini
can make the Italian soil produuce
bright tobacco.”
Worry.
It is not work that kills men;
it is worry. Work is healthful;
you can hardly put more upon a
man than he can bear. Worry is
the rust upon the blade.
It is not the revoliftion that
destroys the machinery, but the
friction. Fear secrets acids, but
love and trust are sweet juices.—
Henry Ward Beecher. *
RENFW your subscription
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
neld, 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
pe called for before the fol
lowing issue.
Bon Grimes recognized his
name last issue.
Toffay* -Tantalizer:
lawrtereisstla
WHO WILL BE THE FIRST?
The idea of cotton bagging
is growing and Johnston coun
ty is going to have some of its
cotton wrapped in a home
grown product rather than
imported jute. At least one gin
n<‘r —J- W. Stephenson—has
purchased some of this cotton
bagging for the use of those
cotton growers who believe in
practicing what they preach_
taking the surplus cotton off
the market.
I Skinner and Stancil is the
firm that is taking an active
interest in this movement to
introduce cotton bagging in
this section, and the young pro
prietors, just starting in bus
iness, deserve all the publici
ty that this enterprise will
bring them, they are offering
to donate cotton bagging to
the first cotton grower in John
ston county to have a bale of
new cotton ginned. The Herald
wants a picture of this bale, to
let our readers see what a
neat, attractive, substantial
covering; cotton bagging will
make. The sample is still on
display at the Herald office and
anyone interested is asked to
call and see it.
Johnston Choir
Wins Loving Cup
Benson Singers Take Tro>
phy From Greensboro
at Tri-County Singing
Convention at Benson
A Johnston county choir is
the proud possessor of the lov
ing cup annually presented to
the best singing choir in John
ston, Sampson, or Harnett
counties. A year ago the
Greensboro choir -won the cov
eted trophy, but at a great
all-day sing held in Benson
Sunday, the Benson choir cap
tured it from Greensboro.
A large crowd was in attendance
Sunday to hear the nine choirs in
the contest and enjoy the sing
ing. The crowd was estimated at
between ten and fifteen thousand
people, large delegations being
present froznj the three counties
participating in the convention.
The streets were lined with auto
mobiles, about twenty-five hun
dred being used to carry the crowd
to this tri-county event.
The feature of the program was
the singing of the Higgins Sisters,
of Greensboro, who delighted the
large crowd with their splendid
music. Eleven choirs were pres
ent, nine competing for the loving
cup. Interesting addresses were
made by Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of
Jacksonville, and Mr. Wiley Mal
|lory, of Fayetteville. Splendid or
der was maintained throughout the
cfay.
The nine choirs taking part in
[the singing contest were: Creech
[Brothers, with Hector Creech as
leader; Pine Level, H. B. Adams;
Fayetteville, D. C. Harris; Hen-!
derson, M. G. Profit; Greensboro,
J. M. Core; Tees Chapel, Henry
Royall; Phillips Home Choir, Mil
ton Phillips; Benson, Mrs. J. T.
Morgan; Princeton, B. A. Lang
ley. Other choirs present were:
[Person Street choir, Fayetteville,
L. F. Person, leader; Glendale
quartet, S .A. Cockrell; Higgins
Sisters, Greensboro, and Smithfield,
Bob Thomas, leader.
The judges in the contest were:
Frank Wilson, of Erwin; Everett
Gardner, of Dunn; P. W. Stancil,
of Nashville; and Haywood Dixon
and John D. Raynor.
Mace-Wellons.
The following announcement
will be read with interest in the
city:
i “Mr. and Mrs. James Andrew
Wellons announce the marriage of
their daughter, Mabel Florence, to
Mr. John Culpepper Mace on Sat
urday, the twenty-fifth of June,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven
at the White Temple, Miami, Fla."
“You needn’t look so disgusted,”
said the Joke to the Editor, “for
you may be old yourself some
(lay.’’
' Many a man’s married happi
ness depends on his Lie-ability.
Baptist Young
People To Camp
Mrs. B. A. Hocutt Urges
Every Baptist Church In
the Johnston Assoc, a
tion To Have a Repre
sentative at White Lake
CLAYTON, June 27.—This Girls
Auxiliary Camp is to be at White
Lake, in Sanders Cottage, July
18 to 23, and is for all girls of
the junior and senior Girls Aux
iliaries, age 9 to 16 years from all
churches in Johnston Baptist As
sociation whether members of the
Girls’ Auxiliaries or not. The ac
tivities of the camp will include
Mission Study stories, Song-s, Bas
ketry, Sewing and other wholesome
amusements. The purpose of camp
is to bring together the girls of
the association for the study of
God’s word and missions, and to
promote clean fun and fellow
ship.
Mrs. B. A. Hocutt, superintend
ent, makes the following statement
concerning the camp:
“At least one representative
from every church is what we want
and should have. Certainly we can 1
have one or more representatives
from every church where there is
a Woman’s Missionary Society, if
the president of that society will
be aroused to the far reaching good
in our fu'ture work, in having
girls in such a camp, and visit
parents of best prospects in be
half of their sending* girls. If
there is no other way to have a
representative at camp, it would
be far reaching personal service
for each missionary society to bear
the expense of one or more wor
thy girls. I ask this of every so
ciety. Surely we can have every
junior and senior G. A. represent
ed. I appeal to the leaders to spare
no effort in bringing this about.
Visit t^e parents of your girls, en
listing their interest, gaining their
consent.
“Expense of camp is $5.00. One
dollar to be sent to Miss Gertrude <
Mattison, Selma, or to me as en
rollment fee, (remaining $4.00 to
be paid at opening of camp) along-!
with name and address of girl, |
stating at which town you will
take bus or truck not later than!
July 8.
“Our plan is to take girls on
bus or truck, driven by a careful ]
and experienced man driver, \Vith- j
out extra cost, other than cost of!
gas and oil, to be divided equally :
Stopping points to take on girls,
Clayton, Smithfield, Four Oaks, |
Benson. Time, and exact place to
be announced later.
“Every girl will furnish her bed :
linen, soap .and towel. Bringing
sewing outfit and any musical in
strument you can which you play.
Make your baggage as small as
you can, two girls packing to
gether wherever possible,. Every
girl is asked to carry some fresh
vegetables, eggs, butter or any
kind of food to help out camp ex
pense.
“Miss Mattison will be the mov
ing spirit of camp w'ith two train
ed and efficient helpers. Miss Vir
ginia Mays of Forsyth, Ga., a
training school graduate experi
enced in camp work, and Miss
Jessie Eason of Wilson. There
will be an all round good man for
protection and camp sports. I, as
your superintendent, and an ar
dent lover of girls, will be there
endeavoring to fill the place of
Camp Mother and dietitian, re
membering always what precious
treasures have been entrusted to
us.
“Hoping to hear favorably from
every church—expecting to hear
favorably from every church with
missionary societies, I beg you not
to disappoint us. The responsibil
ity of a successful camp is on
president of Woman’s Missionary
societies and leaders of G. A.’s.”
REVIVAL
A series of meetings will be
gin at New Light Advent Chris
tian church at Smithfield on Sat
urday night before the 1st Sunday
in July and continue a week or
more. Evreybody is cordially in
vited to come and come praying
J. W. MOORE.
When better air castles are built
everybody will build them.
“t&he ctfifteen <2Millionth fyord”
(A*> fOCAtTCq )
Flood Fund Now
More Than $450
Johnston County’s .Quota
is $500; Contributions
Will Still Be Welcome
Ever since the flood waters of
the Mississippi Valley reached
such proportions as to drive the
people from their homes, the
American Red Cross has had on a
nation-wide drive for funds with
which to save the homeless peo
ple from utter ruin. Something
like 700,000 people have been
routed from their homes by this
unprecedented flood, and millions in
money have been spent on them.
The Smithfield chapter of the
American Red Cross and Johnston
as a whole has been asked to con
tribute $500 to this cause. The
work has been undertaken, and to
the credit of the generous people
here and there about the county,
nearly that amount has been rais
ed and forwarded. Each week
through the columns of the Smith
field Herald a report of the work
has been published, and the call
for extended aid has been made.
This week we have the contribu
tion of Hon. E. W. Pou, of Wash
ington, D. C., who sends in his
contribution of $20.00.
No doubt there are many other
people about the county who have
intended giving something to this
cause but have simply failed to
get about it. All donations will be
gratefully received and acknowl
edged through the columns of this
paper, and it is hoped that this
appeal is not too late to receive
the consideration of the many who
have intended to give something
but have failed simply as a mat
ter not attending to it now.
Anyone desiring to contribute
to the cause of the flood suffer
ers may be assured that their do
nations however large or small
will be promptly forwarded to the
central office. Contributions may be
sent to Judge F. H. Brooks, Mr.
E. S. Edmundson, Mr. Ira W.
Medlin, The Smithfield Herald,
Mr. C. J. Thomas, or H. V. Rose.
One entry has been made
through error. It was stated in
some of the former statements
that the Baptist church at Archer
Lodge contributed $6.40, whereas
it should have been credited to the
Archer Lodge high school.
Amount contributed this
week ___$20.00
Total amount sent_$420.15
H. V. ROSE, Chairman of
Smithfield Red Cross.
LOCAL CLUB SPONSORS
MOVING CICTURE
The Business and Professional
Woman's Club of this city is spon
soring- “The Sea Beast,” a moving
picture in which John Barrymore
appears in a leading role. The
Victory Theatre is permitting the
local club to have a part in pre
senting this picture which will be
shown two nights this week, Tues
day and Wednesday nights.
This picture has been shown in
Selma, and the reports are that it
is a good one. A feature will be
special muusic rendered by Mr.
Sol Bane on the violin accompanied
by Mrs. R. G. Sanders. These
musicians have been heard by the
Smithfield public, and this feature
in itself will be a drawing card.
The first show begins at 7:30, the
second^at 9:15 o’clock.
Clayton Mayor’s
Prove Only One Illegal
Vote Which Ties the
Figures of the Oificial
Returns
The first day of the one week
regular term of Superior court
which convened here yesterday
with Judge W. C. Harris presid
ing, was consumed with a civil ac
tion in the nature of “quo war
ranto’' proceedings in which it was
sought to prove that C. W. Car
ter was not .legally elected mayor
of Clayton. The action resulted in
a non-suit, after the counsel for
F. G. Gower, who brought the ac
tion against Carter, rested the
[ Sixteen or eighteen witnesses
'had been summoned by both plain
tiff and1 defendant, and had the
case gone to the jury it would
have been a long drawn out af
fair. A number of young lady
teachers of the Clayton school
whose leg*al^ residence was ques
tioned were among those sum
Turn to page four, please
Host To Friends
A Non-Suit
E. G. Moore Announces A
Goal of 1,000 New
Dairy Cows For Johns
ton, Harnett and Samp
son In A Year
•Clayton, June 26. More than
125 business and professional men
from Clayton and the immediate
vicinity, were guests of the Clay
ton Rotary Club recently. The
“Spirit of Clayton” written in
large letters greeted the guests and
members of the Rotary Club as
they entered the spacious show j
rooms of the Waddill Motor Com- j
pany of Clayton. John T. Talton,|
president of the Rotary Club and j
cashier of the Clayton Banking
and Trust Company acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. Twight Barbour
president of the Clayton Banking
and Trust Company President of
the Clayton Cottons Mills, Clayton
Oil Mill and senior member of the
firm of J. G. Barbour and Sons
welcomed the gathering in a very
happy manner. The speaker laid
Turn to page five, please
Children’s Day At Mill Creek.
Mill Creek Christian church ob
served Sunday, June 26, as Chil
dren’s Day. The sermon was
preached at 11 a. m. by the pas
tor and at 8 p. m. the children
rendered a program consisting of
recitation songs and a pageant.
I The pastor, Rev. Mr. Southard,
j of Wilson, was present and at the
j close of the exercises he made a
short talk on the religious condi
tion in China.
The evening exlercises were
largely attended and the little
folks of the community rendered
a very creditable program.
Three cars collide, one in Wil
mington hospital—North Carolina
Newspaper Folks
At Coop Office
Johnstonians Get First
Hand Information Con
cerning Workings of N.
C. Cotton Growers Co
operation Association
“Conditions indicate a good
price for cotton next fall,” accord
ing to U. B. Blalock, general man
ager of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperatve Association in
a statement made to a^party of
Johnston County newspaper people
who visited the offices of the as
sociation Fiiiday afternoon through
an invitation of Mr. John A.
Smith, fiekj representative for
Johnston county. Acrdage alone
does not regulate the cotton mar
ket, thinks Mr. Blalock, who gives
his entire time to a study of cot
ton problems. The farmer cannot
regulate his production as does
the manufacturer. He has to re
sort to other means. Diversified
farming will help and the taking
mi me marxet oi tne surplus crop
in an orderly manner will have
its effect. This year a hidden
demand has increased the price.
The party visiting the offices of
the association included Mr. J. A.
Smith, Johnston field representa
tive of the association, M. L.
Stancil, of the Eastern News, J.
B. Benton and Howard Benton, of
the Benson Review, Mits. T. J.
Lassiter and Miss Flossie Lassi
ter, of the Smithfield Herald. Upon
reaching the offices the party was
taken in town by Mr. R. T. Mel
vinfi editor of the North Carolina
Cotton Grower, who acted- as pilot
over the association quarters. The
party was shown how cooperative
cotton is handled from the time
it is turned over to the associa
tion until the farmer gets his final
check. The ease with which the
thirty or more employees dispatch
the enormous amount of work nec
essary for the proper recording
and tabulating of the members’
cotton was demonstrated, convinc
ing the visitors that efficiency is
the watchword of those in charge.
A record system, credit for which
is due in a large way Mr. F. B Web
ster, who is not only a practical
cotton man but a certified public
accountant, has been instituted
which requires a minimum num
ber of employees. The number has
been reduced during the life of
the association from over a hun
dred to about thirty. Machines
which do the work of several per
sons are used where practical.
There is nothing* concerning a
member’s cotton that the associa
tion does not have recorded, in
cluding any mortgage that may
have been given on it. However,
the number of mortgages held
against cotton sold through the
association is surprisingly small.
The newspaper folks were par
ticularity impressed with the grad
ing* facilities. A large room is de
voted to this important work that
is done by four licensed graders
and as many mo«e helpers. A
skylight arrangement and special
ly tinted walls combine to give the
best lighting effect possible. No
grading is done after three o’clock
in the afternoon, and not at all on
gloomy days.
The very courteous treatment
extended to the visitors fitom
Johnston was all that could be de
sired. At the conclusion of the j
tour of inspection they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin and
Mr. and Mrs. Webster at dinner.
How Do You Use Yours?
•
A door can be used for two pur
poses—to open and let one in, and
to close and keep one out. Our
mind can be compared to a door.
For some the mind opens up for
them continually new vistas, new
thoughts, new hopes; showing the
way to success, happiness and real
values. For others it shuts them
tight from things that are useful,
beautiful, pleasant and real, mak
ing them disagreeable, fthought
less, pessimists or rascals. — Old
Hurrygraph in The Uplift.
Orthopaedic Clinic
The orthopaedic clinic held each
ftonth in the offices of the count}
health department in the court
house and sponsored by the Lions
jCluib of Wilson will meet again or
’Friday of this week, July 1.
SENDS FIRST COTTON
BLOOM
Mr. Hubert Coates sent the
first cotton bloom to this of
fice Saturday. He found it in
his field on Friday, June 24.
It is of the Parrish variety of
cotton and was planted early in
April. Mr. Coates says he
brought the first bloom to this
office last year, bringing it on
June 23.
In a few minutes after (Mr.
t oates’ cotton bloom was
brought in, Mr. Robert Barboour
who lives on route 1, Smithfield,
came in and reported blooms
in his fields. He says that he
found two on Tuesday, June 21.
He was en route to Raleigh to
carry some of his blooms to the
office of the News and Observ
er. ' . f
Saturday afternoon another
cotton bloom was brought to
this office by Mr. Lawrence
Lee who farms for Mr. R. 1.
Wallace near Smithfield. This
was a pink bloom indicating
thrt it was open on Friday.
June 24. The variety of cotton
planted is known as the Par
rish variety, which yields a sta
ple of an inch or more. Mr.
^ allace has about 65 acres in
cotton this year.
Mr. W. J. Alford, of Smith
field, route 1, sent in a red
bloom yesterday which was
open last Friday, and Mr. J.
J. Capps, of Clayton township,
brought one that was found in
his field Sundlky. Mr. Capps’
cotton is of the Wannamaker
j variety.
Miss Kelly Fixes
‘Ask Me Another’
Uses State Equalization
Board As Subject;
Newspaper Correspond
ent Makes Comment
The Raleigh correspondent of
the Greensboro Daily News makes
interesting comment upon the
‘‘Ask Me Another” prepared by
Miss Elizabeth Kelly in regard to
the equalization board. The refer
ence to Johnston county in this
comment makes it of interest to
our readers and we are herewith
reprinting it:
“For combination knee-cutting
and knockdown, drag-outs, manip
ulation of meat axe and rapier,
Miss Elizabeth Kelly tonight wins
the cake in her take-off of the
late equalization fund distribu
tion.
Miss Kelly presents her obser
vations under the popular “Ask Me
Another.” She takes a dozen and
a half questions and supplies the
answers. Some of them sizzle and
scintillate. They go at the heart
of North Carolina politics and pil
lory it with abounding* good hum
or.
“The equalizing story has not
yet been written. It may not get
a chronicle because one does not
find it easy to prove -everything
that one knows to be true. The
commission has not yet elected its
executive secretary. There is one
huge story in that, but unwritter
forevermore. The counties of the
east which made enough in the
war years to have enriched then:
for a half century, generally gel
the break in values.
“Miss Kelly once upon a time
velry nearly ran the schools 01
Johnston. That county with tw<
(Turn to page four please)
rO OPERATE ROCK
QUARRY IN ORANGE CO.
DURHAM, June 27.—Prepara
tions are being made by engineers
of the Southern Power company
to begin operating the rock quarry
in Orange county. Large streams
of water are now being played upon
the little mountain to remove the
surface dirt. When this task is
completed only a mountain of
stone will remain, this being the
material from which the new Duke
University will be erected. Through
the hydraulic lines now in use,
operation of the quarry can begin
much earlier than would be the
case were other methods employ
ed in removing the earth from the
rock.
i
Sacred Musical
Program Frida j
Methodist and Presbyted
ian Missionary Societi'
Sponsor Eratertainme:”'
at Methodist Churtkii
Friday Evening
churc ;
On Friday evening at 8:30 o’cltfj,
there will be a sacred musical
grme at the Methodist
This contest is given under
auspices of th|j missionary
cieties of the Presbyterian ai<'|
Methodist churches. There., will P
no admission charged but an J
fering will be taken which w|f
be divided equally between tV
i itwo missionary societies. Evell
one is invited to attend. The p||
gram is as follows subject {'■■■
change: li
Anthem: The Earth Is iMm
Lord’s. y*
Full Chorus*; Lerman.
Scripture and Invocation.
I Quartette: The Lord, My Loi
Is Risen,” Men’s Voices.
Solo, Mrs. Chas. Gulley, of Cla
ton. $
Organ Selection, Mrs. Page, r
Clayton.
Duet, Forever With the Loi^
Gounad, Messrs. Dwight Johns
and Theron Johnson. j
Anthem, The King of Love J
Shepherd Is
run Lnorus and Solo, Shelley.
Trio, How Lovely Are T
Messengers, Mrs. Ives, Misses E
and Lucile Johnson
Solo, Mr. Eric Massey of Seln
Organ Selection and Collectic
Duet, The Lord Is My Shephei
Smart, Mrs. Orr and Mrs. Hollar
Anthem, He Leadeth Me.
Benediction. .
Sopranos: Mrs. Orr, Smiii
Hood, Ives, McGuggan, Miss E'f*
Johnson.
Altos: Mrs. Sanders, Steyensti!/1
Massey, Miss Lucile Johnson. |||
Tenors: Messrs. Woodall, Ther’111
Johnson, Davis, Medlin, Hollidafc
Bases: Messrs. Rose, Eason, CT®
lais, Dwight Johnson, Bryant.
Organists: Mrs. Pope, Mrs.
G. Sanders, Mrs. C. V. Johnson.
Play Is Postponed
The play which was announc
at the Free Will Baptist Sund;
school Sunday morning to be giv
in the school auditorium Frid:
night has been postponed until t‘
following Friday night, July
Definite announcements concei
ing the program will be made
later issues.
DR. LACY TO BE AT
PROVIDENCE gUNDA
Dr. B. R. Lacy, president
Union Theological Seminary, Rii
mond, Va., who is holding a ;
viva'l. this week at Willow Sprin;
will preach next Sunday morni
at eleven o’clock at Provider
Presbyterian church. Dr. La
was instrumental in starting I,
Presbyterian work in Pleas:'
Grove township, and has a numl
of friends who will welcome t
opportunity to hear him preach.
Pishing Party P'rom Selma.
Misses Esther Hofmeister. .
Mae Whitley, Mesdames Norn
Terrell, D. H. Terrell, J. M. O’Ni
Messrs. Thelbert Brown, W. I
ther Etheridge and Norman T
roll, of Selma, spent W’ednesc
in Vandemere fishing. They repc.
ed a pleasant trip, catching ah
two hundred pounds of fish.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS-!
By Me—i,
‘/nsam*.
“Hit look lak dey wuld
cow-catchers offen trains wharf
don’t need 'era and put fool-caj
ers on cyars whur' dey do.”