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6MITHFIELD 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 IPS FOR THE GOOD OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1927 to on DT7'r> vw a t France Marvels At Byrd’s Flighl Exploit Regarded One ol Greatest Romances ol Aviation; Forced Land ing Smashed Plane. PARIS, July 1.—Battered by stornr and blinded by fog, with compass out of order and out of gasoline, the giant trans-Atlantic monoplane of Commander Richard E. Byrd sped swiftly to the sea at Ver-Sur-mer on the coast of Normandy early this morning, valiantly completing its great trans-Atlantic^.hop—but 175 miles west of its g*oal, Paris. Not until virtually the last drop of gasoline was gone, did the American Argosy give up its de termined groping in the impenetra ble fog for the landing at lie Bourget—a field that lay waiting eagerly for their arrival. At 3:30 this morning, French'time, after more than 40 hours in the air, the end of the heart breaking suspense “We had no choice but seek a landing,” Commander Byrd told a correspondent for the Associated Press. I sent down a flare and then followed with the plane.” But there was more than that. The great plane which had leaped with such power from the runaway at Roosevelt field in the early dawn of Wednesday, was still mighty in its final swoop to earth. Landing in shallow water, it tore the wheels from the fuselage and plunged about 200 yards off the beach and then sank to the top of its wing in the booming surf. It was then that Commander Byrd\s painstaking foresight came into play and the rubber life raft that he had been so careful to test before hopping* off proved its ser vice. Clinging to their now help less ship, the four American air men succeeded in launching their raft, and manning it, rowed quick ly to shore. Not content with simply assur ing their own safety, the aviators true to the traditions of their call ing made several trips to the plane to obtain their most important equipment, personal effects, a sack of mail and some of their precious records, although much valuable scientific data was lost to Com mander Byrd’s great disappoint ment. They waited on the shore for two weary hours until they suc ceeded in getting* in touch with fishermen who took them to the nearby lighthouse of Ver-Sur-Mer Turn to page two, please A CORRECTION In a recent issue a list of local boys attending the citizens mili tary camp at Fort Bragg was published. Inadvertently the name of one person was given wrong. Instead of Howard Radford in the list of those attending camp it should have been Howard Alford. Revival At Pisgah. A revival began Sunday night at the Pisgah Baptist church near town. The pastor, Rev. S. S. Mc Greggor, is being assisted by a former pastor, Rev. J. E. Lanier. The public is cordially invited to attend these services, which will be held each evening of this week. Passes Away at County Home. Mrs. Ella Nordan died at the county home last Friday. Her body was taken to Wilson county where it was interred in the old Evans graveyard on Saturday afternoon at three o’clock. Elder Jeese Barnes of this city preached the funeral. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith odd, 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 be called for before the fol lowing issue. (Miss) Lucille* Stephenson recognized her name last issufc Today* -fanUUser: clssnnekmjbca Son Francisco to Hawaii Pacific Flyers Lieutenants Albert F Hcjrrnberger and Lester L Maitland. US £ Army pilots, who in a tri-motored Fokker monoplane, had Hawaii Islands their eoal as they hopped off at San Francisco. 1 Union Meeting In Interest Chapel Capt. Zimmerman And Dr Lilly Speak At Metho dic Church To Union Congregations; F. H. Brooks County Chair man. “People of North Carolina send thousands of dolars to establish the Christian religion in foreign lands,” said Capt. Zimmerman at the Methodist church here Sunday night, “but right here in the heart of North Carolina is a community with 3,400 population without a house of worship.” Capt. Zim merman was invited here by F. H. Brooks, county chairman of the Fort Brag*g Memorial Association, which has for its object the erec tion at Fort Bragg a chapel in memory of North Carolina’s he roic dead of the World War. Dr. J. M. Lilly, of -Fayetteville, state chairman of the Association, was also present and gave a brief his tory of the work of the association When Mr. Brooks was made county chairman, he decided to call a mass meeting with speak ers present to give first hand in formation concerning the project, and a union service was arranged at the Methodist church for last Sunday evening. Mr. Brooks had charge of the service and after a devotional period which was char acterized by a lovely duet sung by Mrs. Chas. Daniel of Weldon and Mr. A. M. Calais, Dr. J. M. Lilly told how the idea of a chapel at Fort Bragg had grown out of the work of the Fayetteville Business j Men’s Evangelistic Association. | Laymen from Fayettevilje who j have been holding services at Fort j Bragg, have seen the need of a 'place of worship, the only thing I now available being a big barny uirrtue, illiu tui: tii ui.y ituintrjiitti looms. They finally conceived the idea of making it a state wide proposition, and the campaign was begun a few weeks ag*o to raise $lOO,0OO for this purpose. Fayette ville and Cumberland county pro pose to raise a considerable amount, $16,000 having already been col lected and pledged. Capt. Zimmerman, Chaplain at Fort Bragg, followed Dr. Lilly, telling of the needs of chapel as he saw them every day. He pictured a Sunday school of 756 meeting each Sunday in the theatre build ing making the most of every available space. The dressing rooms, the stage, every nook and corner are used for class rooms, More than fifty children of pri mary age are taken care of on the stage. Capt. Zimmerman thinks the government should build chapel? at the army posts, but the princi ple of separation of church anc state prevents such an appropria tion. It has been the public at large that has put up the chapels. A' the present time seven or eigh projects are underway in the United States. No collection was taken Sundaj evening, but Mr. Brooks expects t< | get the campaign in Johnston un [jderwajr in a short time. Co-Op Board Of > Directors Meet; J. W. Stephenson A Mem- * ber Of the Executive Committee; Dr. Kilgore ' Re-Elected President. ' RALEIGH, July 2.—Re-clcction 1 of B. W. Kilgore president and * other officers and a decision to ( j slash the operating budget for 1927 * by from $125,000 to $100,000 fea- 1 tured the first meeting of the re- 1 cently elected board of directors { of the Cotton Growers’ Coopera- ‘ live Association here Wednesday. 1 j Besides Dr. Kilgore the follow- 1 jing officers were re-elected: W. A. ( Pierce, Weldon, vice-president; U. B. Blalock, Raleigh, secretary- ( treasurer and g*3r/2ral) m/inager; ( F. B. Webster, Raleigh, assistant ( secretary-treasurer and office man- 1 ager, and C. E. Stuart, Raleigh, * assistant treasurer. > The president, the vice-presi- < dent, and the following three mem- * hers of the board, Messrs. John 1 T. Thorne of Farmville, W. II. 1 Liles of Wadesboro, and J. W. f Stephenson of Smithfield, were c elected to the executive committee. t TO SLASH EXPENSES. i wniie the annual report of the 1 general manager will show that * total operating per bale expenses ( have been reduced year by year from $8.10 per bale during the * first year’s operation to $4.30 for the past year, yet the operating budget for the coming season 1 shows that it will be from one * hundred to one hundred and twen- f ty-five thousand dollars less in i Turn to page two, please t MISS ALLEN TELLS i OF JOHNSTON COUNTY ( CULLOWHEE, July l.-43tu- 1 dents at the Cullowhee State Nor- * mal Summer School represented * ! their various states and counties ^ at the chapel exercises Wednes- 1 day morning. The summer school * has drawn its attendance from for- * !ty-nine counties and seven states • and the enrollment which is 356, ' 'is the largest in the history of * the Normal and is indicative of the |progress made since the recent ( program of enlargement was be- f .gun. I ! Miss Katie Lee Allen, of Four 1 Oaks, spoke ably concerning her ■ home county Johnston. She said: i“Johnston county is situated in the ' eastern part of the state. It was ! named in honor of Gabriel John jston, Governor of North Carolina |from 1734-53. Smithfield is the county seat, named for John Smith. The population of our county is 48,228. i “It is a good farming section. .The chief crops are cotton, corn and tobacco. j “We have a very good school system in Johnston county, having three chartered schools and about twelve consolidated schools. Sever- • al of these are accredited high , ! schools. We are hoping that in a few years to come, the six months , schools will ibe a thing of the past, and that they will all be consoli dated with eight or nine months ‘schools. “Another thing Johnston county is very proud of is her courthouse jwhich is said to be one of the Iprettiest in the stat$,,? ^ Morris Case Is Long Drawn Out Plea of Nolo Contendere In Cases of Paul Adams,1 Wiggs and Honeycutt Withdrawn; Cases Con tinued. The most prolonged case tried i lere during the Superior court j ast week was that of the State vs. Vm. Henry Morris. The defendant j vas in court on a charge of in- I est. His case was opened Friday I norning. The rest of the day was ' aken up in evidence for and j gainst the defendant. At the j lose of the day both the State | nd defense had rested their case, | nd Saturday was taken up in the rgument of the counsellors and he solicitor. The jury returned a ' erdict of guilty with a recom lendation of mercy and the court entenced the defendant to‘)a term n the state prison for a period f not less than ten years nor lore than fifteen years. The d,e endant was represented by W. H. -yon and E. J. Wellons. The last cases called to the at trition of the court were those of ohn Lewis Honeycutt, W. B. Viggs, and Paul Adams, who, it o have staged a gun fight with j he county officers near the site i f a still in Clayton township on ' he afternoon of April 30, 1927. 'he defendants came into court on plea of nolo contendere but fter getting an Tnsight into the vide nee, the judge ordered the •lea withdrawn and the cases ^ere continued until the next term f court. Roy Adams, who had been tried uring the week but not sentenc d, was again haled before the ourt, and sentence was made. He ad been convicted of operating car while under the influence of .'hiskey, and the court made a onditional sentence. First, he is ot to operate a car again in lorth Carolina for a period of 12 lonths; secondly, he was sentenc d to pay a fine of $50.00 and the ost, and in the event that he ould not pay the fine and cost s to go to jail for sixty days to L e worked on the county roads. He j •ave the cost bond and was releas-: d Sunday morning. ELM A ENTERTAINS I SMITH FI ELD FIRE DEPT.' Another get-together meeting ^ etween citizens of Selma and Im&thfield calculated to cement I urther the cooperative spirit that!; s prevailing between the two ow-ns took place in Selma Friday vening. Smithfield town officials icluding the mayor and board of ommissioners and the Smithfield ire department were guests of ( ielma town officials at a barbecue upper at the city hall. W. W. lare, mayor of Selma, Judge W. \ Aycock and Geo. F. Brietz made rief talks welcoming the Smith ield citizens on this occasion. ' dayor J. D. Underwoo/1, H. L. Ikinner and W. F. Grimes respond- j' d. An interesting feature of the j ccasion was the demonstration ^ ;iven on a public square of the i ire fighting* apparatus of both I owns. . ' ? • Would you convict on cir cumstantial evidence? I)o you do your own think ing—or do you let the small minds of those who jump at conclusions influence you? Have you been a party to “group conviction** which has ruined a life or lives—right here in Smithfield. Are you, experienced enough or have you seen enough of life to know that “truth is stranger than fic tion?’* Perhaps you will criticise Edison Forbes for - permit ting himself to be sent to prison. Then again—maybe you will see the bigness and the kindness of his soul—despite one small mortal weakness. You can study these ques tions if you read “Cedar Swamp”—a new serial from the pen of Michael J. Phil lips which starts in the next issue of The Herald. Solemnize Lovely Wedding In Kenly Miss Clyde Hooks Be comes The Bride of Rogers Smith of Bur, iington Kenly, July 3.—The wedding of Miss Clyde Hooks and Mr. Rog ers Smith will be of interest to their many friends. The home was made attractive with a profusion of summer flow ers. A color motif of white and ■ ?reen was effectively used. Cathe iral candles were used casting a soft glow over the room. Preceding the ceremony Miss Selma Grey Hooks g-owped in white georgette artd wearing a :orsage of sw’eet peas and snap Iragons played “To a Wild Rose.” ! To the strains of the wedding ' music from Lohengrin, Rev. F. j 3. Joyner of the Methodist church entered and took his place. The >ride entered with her sister, Miss Mary Lee Hooks as maid of honor, rhey were met at the altar by the rroom and his best man, Mr. Ken leth Kirby. j The vows were taken before an ( mprovised altar decorated with . 'em and shasta daisies and light ed with tapers. During the im jressive ring* ceremony, “Trau- | nerei” was softly played. The bride was beautifully gown- ( (Turn to page four please) Meadow Community Meeting. On Friday afternoon, July 8, at >:30 there will be a meeting at Meadow high school of all the pa rons of Meadow township who are nterested in making the Meadow , ■ommunity fair, this fall, the big gest and best township fair in the :ounty. There will be a picnic din »er in connection with this meet ng. Mr. Moore, who is secretary )f the branch of the chamber of commerce located at Benson, will I. >e the principal speaker. All who ire intreested in this project are jrged to be present and to bring veil filled lunch baskets. ? This “Test o’ Ten” is even more varied than usual. It includes questions pertaining to music, history, poetry, politics, and general events. Here’s a chance for everybody to make a good score. You should be able to answer at least eight out of the ten, giving you a percentage of 80. Can you answer that many — or more? wno was counsel ior uonn rhomas Scopes in the evolution :ase at Dayton, Tenn.? 2. What pianist has been world famous since he was ten years old? 3. Who lead the Indians in their ittack against Custer, in the bat le of “Little Big Horn?” 4. Who was the first Presidentj X) leave the United States during j lis term of office? , 5. What is a chameleon? o. now many men signed the Declaration of Independence? 7. What is the tallest monument in the world? 8. What is the English equiva lent for Uncle Sam? 9. Who is the most beloved Scotch poet? 10. What city is known as “The Eternal City?” Answers found on back pdge • i Old Folks Day At Massey’s School Annual Event Will Be Featured By Spelling Match Again This Year For several years Old Folks Day has been an annual event at Mas sey’s school, and it will he observ ed again this year. A program of entertainment has been worked out and Mr. P. A. Holland, one of the promoters of this celebration, ex tends an invitation to the public to attend. “By a request of Brother Wiley Creech for Old Folks Day to be kept up,” states Mr. Holland, “we ask all the young boys and girls from ten years of age up to ninety five to meet at Massey’s school 3n the last Friday in July, which will be on July 29. “Bring your dinner and enough ’or one, more. Do not forget your )ld cotton ball, your paddles like we ised in the old days of school, and some red and white corn. A few. wards of ‘fox and the geese’ will /V- 1UIHIOIIVU XTJLl. »T WI1U ives nearby. Several games such is bull pen, roly-poly, cat, jump ng the rope, and jim crow, will >e on the program for the day. “We would like for all who will o take part in the spelling match >n that day. The old Blueback Speller will be used, so girls and >oys, get on the job and review or that day. Perhaps you will g\?t he reef stick of candy which will )e given as the prize. “Those who have musical instru ments and song books are request ed to take them along—Jew’s harp, >reath harps, gourds, fiddles, ban jos, or anything that will make nusic. Let us make this a day of pleasure for the old folks. We do lot care for anybody to come out ;o take part with us who has >een drinking. We don’t mean to >e disturbed by such, and if we ire Judge Aycock will have a job. “Do not forget the day, and in cite your old friends.” A CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank each and very one who lent a helping hand n any way to us during the sick >ess and death of our dear little )oris. We especially thank the loctors. JR. & MRS. JOHN L. PEEDIN Family Reunion. The annual reunion of the rel ieves of W. N. Adams will be leld at his home on route 1, Smith ield, on Saturday, July 16. This s the 70th birthday of Mr. Ad ims. The public is invited to at tend and carry well filled bas kets. X)LOR SCHEME FOR NEW MONEY URGED C. Banker Wants Various Col ors For Different Denom inations. WASHINGTON, July 1.—George 1. Johnson, cashier of the First National Bank of Mebane, recent y wrote Senator F. M. Simmons luggesting that in making the >roposed change in the size o£_pa~ jer currency the Treasury De )artment give consideration to the ise of different colors for the dif ferent denominations, stating that le believed this would greatly fa cilitate the handling of large quan tities of paper money. Senator Sim(mons referred the matter to the Treasury Depart ment and he was today advised ay Assistant Secretary of the Freasury Dewey that the question df color indicative of denomina tion has heretofore received con sideration of the expert advisers 3f the Department and the conclu sion reached that any dominant feature of design which in itself affords no protection against coun terfeiting or raising of denomina tions should be avoided, as too great dependence would be placed on such characteristic to the exclu sion of the security features. Mr. Dewey advised Senator Sim mons further that the new notes will have designs essentially’ dif ferent as between denomination; and that the finely engraved por trait on the note will invariably indicate the denomination. For example, the portrait of Washing ton will be placed on the one dol lar denomination only. School Record Wh 12 Year*-8 Months mmm To John W. Kircher or Arenz nlle, Illinois, seemingly goes th« j national title for the best school j record, having gone 12 years, $ months without missing a* day o( I being tardy. In grade school h< walked a mile to school and during high school years has walked twrf miles. Officers Arrest N egro At Still Warrants Out For Eight Others And There Mayj Be More Arrests; Still! Was Running. Buck Benton, a negro of Boon Hill township, was brought to the county seat late on Sunday eve ning* and lodged in jail on a charge i)f assisting in making a charge nf whiskey. The officers who made the raid and arrest were Deputies Tom Talton, W. W. Stewart, R. D. Marler, L. D. Parker and A. B. Hood. They had received a no tice that a large quantity of beer was in readiness and would be made into liquor about the fourth, and pursuant to the report they made the raid. The still was lo cated near Neuse river in the southern part of Boon Hill town ship, and it was in full running* condition when the officers reach ed its location. It seems to have aeen operated solely by negroes, as mly negroes were found there ipon the approach of the officers. Upon being discovered all the ne groes made a hasty get-away ex cept Buck Benton who was over aken in his flight by Deputy A. B. Hood. There was evidence that mother negro had been transport >y the officers. The still was of luge capacity and two worms were lsed to emit the liquor. The negro, Benton, was brought to jail and iis bond was fixed at $400. One >f the negro women of the com nunity soon came to town with sufficient evidence of solvency and made bond fox the man. Benton vas free to talk about the matter and denied any interest on his lart in the still or the brew. Some [our or five other negroes were recognized by the officers, and Benton gave evidence against oth ers. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of eight of the par ticipants, and it is probable that others will be arrested before the matter is finally disposed of. GOLDSBORO AWARDED EASTERN EXPOSITION Willliamston, July 1.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Eastern North Carolina Chamber of Commerce held here today Goldsboro was awarded the Eastern Carolina Exposition for next year. N. G. Barlett secretary and general manager of the sec tional chamber of commerce, an nounces that the exposition next year will be the biggest and best yet held. He states that plans are'* already being made to obtain out standing talent for the occasion. To Preach At Clement. Elder J. P. Tingle will preach at Clement Primitive Baptist church the second Saturday and Sunday in July. The public is in vited to attend. Juniors To Go To Raleigh The members of the junior de. partment of the Methodist Sun day school are requested to meet at the church Wednesday after noon at 2:30 to go to the Metho dist Orphanage at Raleigh for the afternoon, V? . . 1 * "X' — - W. |A. Graham A Benson Kiwani: Mr. Jimmie Turlingto; Celebrates His Sever tieth Birthday; Chicke Fry At Holt Lake. BENSON, July 4.—The Kiwani club had as a special guest at it last regular luncheon Mr. W. A Graham, commissioner of agricul ture. Mr. Graham made a spier did talk on agricultural condition and aims in North Carolina. II quoted freely from statistics, show ing a comparison of conditions i Johnston county in 1850 and i 1926. He deplored the distressing ly small number of cows in thi state. The program was under th direction of Mr. S. P. Honeycut Several farmers were present o this occasion, and enjoyed the pro gram. .Relatives of Mr. Jimmie Tui lington gathered at his home las Friday, June 24, to celebrate hi seventieth birthday. In the morr ing a religious service was con ducted by Elder Xure Lee afte which Mr. Turlington made short talk welcoming the guest' A bountiful picnic dinner was sem ed on a long table in the yard a the noon hour. About fifty wer present to enjoy the day. A number of the young people o the town enjoyed a chicken fry a Holt Lake this week. The part was given in honor of Miss Alice Coates, of Fuquay Springs, an Miss Aileen Chamblee, of Zebulor the house guests of Miss Mp.bt Johnson. Several out of tow guests were present. A number of sociial courtesie have been shown Missies Aijee Chamblee, of Zebulon, and Mis Aileen Coates of Fuquay Spring* who have been visiting Miss Mabc Johnson for several days. Miss Margaret Stephenson en tertained the Intermediate Ep worth League of the Methodic :hurch this week. After an infer ?sting program a social hour \v% ?n joyed. The Intermediate B. Y. P. U. o the Baptist church had a delight ful picnic at Holt Lake this week rhe guests enjoyed swimming un til the meal was served. Th chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. J r. Morgan, Mrs. John Parrish an Miss Kate Johnson. NEGRO FARMERS SEND IN COTTON BLOOM Negro farmers make good shovs ing along with numerous whit cotton growers in having ear! cotton blooms. Two blooms hav been received at the Herald offtc found in the cotton fields be for July 4. Isaac Bailey, colored, wh lives on Selma, route 1, in O’Neal township near Atkinson’s mil found a bloom on the first day c July. Another colored man to fin a bloom before July 4 is Williai Holder, who formerly lived in th lower edge of Johnston county bu is now living on R. B. Whitley place near Wendell. iMore Than One Jesse Capps. Mr. Jesse Capp.s of this eit; wishes to state that he is not i\ Jesse Capps who was tried in Rt corder’s court here on June IS. i appears that there is more tits* one Jesse Capps, and Mr. Capps t this city wishes his friends t know that he has not been 1 court for any offense. AUNT ROX1E SAYS ~ By Me—* i] “When I git through quamij wid mi ole man de English guige luk lak hit had bin throng a tawkin’ ijiasheen,” J