BMITHFIELD 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
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VOLUME 45
NO. 58
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Dempsey Knocks Out Sharkey
In 7th Of Fast and Furious Fight
Dempsey Topples Young
Boston Giant With Ter
rific Right to Stomach
and Left to the Jaw
82,000 SEE BIG FIGHT
YANKEE STADIUM, N. Y„
July 21.—(AP)—The rip-tearing
Jack Dempsey of old came back to
night to smash his way to a spec
tacular knockout victory over the
young Boston heavyweight, Jack
Sharkey, and gain the right to a
return title match with Gene
Tunney.
While a vast, deliriously excited
throng of 82,000 spectators cheer
ed him on, the former heavyweight
champion rallied after a wobbly
start, bored through Sharky’s de
fense with a slashing attack and
brought Jthe 2/4 year old bailor
down for the count of ten in the
seventh round of what was to have
been a 15-round match.
FATAL SEVENTH.
A terrific right hook to the pit
of the stomach doubled Sharkey
up and a crashing left to the jaw
brought the Boston giant down
for the fatal count after only 45
seconds of fighting in the seventh
round.
So close to the border line was
Dempsey’s crushing right—the
really decisive blow—than Shark
ey started to claim a foul, only
to go tumbling down in a moment
from the impact of Dempsey’s
right hand. The Referee, Jack O’
Sullivan, at first seemed puzzled as
to what to do, but finally decided
to ignore the excited yells of
Sharkey’s seconds. He finished the
count in unison with the knock
down timer and waved Sharkey
out.
SHARKEY PROTESTS.
Sharkey’s handlers persisted in
their protest after the fight, but
their atempted action was drown
ed in the wild outburst that came
from the huge throng, most of
which had come to cheer the 32
year old ex-champion in his color
ful comeback.
It was a sudden climax to one
of the most dramatic heavyweight
battles ever staged, a slashing,
mauling struggle in which Demp
sey, defying the craft and stamina
of Sharkey’s youth demonstrated
thlat he had com ea long* way
back from the foundering form that
cost him his title last fall.
NUBBLY START.
Staggering and badly shaken up
vicious left hooks to the jaw to
ward the close of the first round
and jarred frequently by Sharkey’s
stiff counter walops, Dempsey
fought on and won because he re
fused to be beaten back or balk
ed. Stunned or shaken as he was
at first, Dempsey had the resour
ces to come back, and kept plung
ing in, breaking through Sharkey’s
R’Uard with short left and right
kooks. His right eye out and
streaming blood, his lips split by
vicious jabs, Dempsey, neverthe
less, had the power to keep plung
ing in until he won.
The vast crowd, which paid close
to $1,100,000 to see the spectacle,
Was thrilled by Dempsey’s sensa
tional, doggedly persistent fight to
victory against odds that seemed
J a8ainst him at the start. hTe
ormer champion’s old speed, the
ghting spark that made him the
vicious “Manassa Mauler” of old,
seemed lacking as the fight began.
e younger, speedier and more
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THE LOSER THE WINNER
SHARKEY
DEMPSEY
Second Typhoid
Campaign Begins
Thousands Vaccinated In
First Campaign—Ap
pointments at Five
Places
The . county-wide anti-typhoid
campaign which began early in the
summer has closed, but a new
campaign will begin on Monday,
July 25, continuing for the next
three weeks. Thousand took the
vaccine given during the first cam
paign, according to Dr. C. C. Mas
sey, county health officer, and it
is hoped that all who could not
take the treatment at that time
will avail themselves of this op
pjortunity during the next three
weeks.
Dr. Massey has appointments at
the following: places, beginning
next week:
Myatt’s farm, Monday, 5 p. m.
Archer Lodge, Tuesday, 4 p. m.
Benfconvillo, Wednesday, 4 p. m.
Stewart school, Thursday 4 p. m.
He will be in his office in the
county courthouse each Saturday
afternoon.
LICENSE TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE GRANTED 93
Raleigh, July 18.—Ninety .ap
plicants by examination and three
by indorsement of credentials to
night were granted licenses to
practice medicine in North Caro
lina by the new board of medical
examiners in session here.
Highest honors went to Frank
P. Powers, Jr, of Wake Forest,
with an average of 95 4-7 per
cent.
Among those licensed was Eas
on H. Franklin, of Selma.
GREAT CHOWAN BRIDGE
IS OPENED TO TRAFFIC
iMore Than 10,000 People Gathered
I At Edenton to Celebrate
$600,000 Bridge
EDENTON, July 20.—The his
toric old town of Edenton, one ol
ithe earliest settlements in North
! Carolina, had its gala day toda>
| when more than 10,000 people from
i far and near gathered to attenc
ithe ceremonies in connection with
the opening of the $600,000 long
bridge across the Chowan river.
I The significant part of today’s
! jubilee was that it was the culmi
nation of linking of old Albemarle
this pictureque, historic old coun
try, isolated as it was, but none
the less the scene of North Caro
jlina’s Genesis—with the rest oi
j the state by a modern highway
| the Virginia Dare trail,
j It marked the fulfillment of f
j dream of years standing for this
handful of counties situated in the
i northwestern corner of Carolina,
which were, through inaccessiblity
! weaned away by Virginia, bul
which today were reclaimed foi
I always.
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Light Docket In
Recorder’s Court
I
—
Tuesday and Wednesday
Devoted to the Trial of
Criminal Cases
« Only a few cases were tried in
Recorder’s Court here last week.
Six out of ten cases had to do with
the violation of the prohibition
law. Those disposed of were as fol
lows :
Mat Hughes entered a plea of
guilty to a warrant charging viola
tion of the prohibition law. He re
ceived a four-months road sentence
and was required to pay $100 fine
I and the cost. The road sentence was
(suspended upon the condition that
the defendant does not violate the
prohibition law again in the next
: twelve months.
j Jim Coley was convicted of non
support and abandonment.
Louise Sanders plead guilty to
fornication and adultery. She was
' sent to jail for GO days to be
i worked as the sherriff sees fit.
iShe was also taxed with the cost.
! John McLaughlin was found guil
i ty of possession of intoxicating
I liquors. He was fined $10 and re
Iquired to pay the cost.
| WJill McLaughlin was convicted
of possession of whiskey, and was
fined $10 and cost.
J. S. Mosley was charged with
loperating a motor vehicle while
j intoxicated and of transporting
whiskey. He was found guilty on
.both counts. On the charge of op
erating motor vehicle while intoxi
cated, the defendant was sentenced
I to the roads for four months and
was taxed with the cost. The road
jsentence was suspended upon the
payment of $200 fine and the cost.
The defendant is not to operate a
car again in North Carolina for
the term of 90 days.
Robert Johnson and Milton John
son were convicted of possession
of whiskey still and of operating
still. Robert Johnson was sent to
jthe roads for six months and was
taxed with the cost. He took an
appeal. As to Milton Johnson, pray
er for judgement was continued
for two years during good behav
ior. He is to be brought forward
for judgement at any time during
said term upon motion of the soli
citor.
Alston Sullivan was found guil
ty of larceny.
Ed Peedin was found guilty of
possessing and transporting whis
key. He was fined $10 and the cost.
In the case of state vs. Milton
Watson1, seven /Witnesses, 'Berry
Barnes, Eliza Allen, May Johnson,
Will Yelverton, Berry Hinnant,
Jesse Anderson, and Oscar Thomp
son failed to appear in court, and
they were fined $40 each.
AGED NEGRO DEAD.
Charlie Johnson, an aged negro, |
died at the county home Wednes-1
day after a long illness of dropsy.;
He had been sick about six!
months. j
DR. RANKIN TALKS
T. R. SANATORIUM
IN MEETING RERE
Tells Representative
Citizens of Four
Plans Used
SPECIALIST NEEDED
Explains Duke Foundation and
Tells How Hospital Ban Be
Benefited By It.
A Johnston county tuberculosis
lospital is a little nearer realiza-*
uon because of the conference held
lere Wednesday afternoon between
representative citizens of the
county and Dr. W. S. Rankin,
representing the Duke Founda
tion. For some time the need for
loing something about the tuber
culosis situation in Johnston coun
ty has been evident, and an ef
fort was made at one time t° join
the adjoining counties of Wake
and Wayne in the erection of a
tri-county sanatorium., This plan
having failed to materialize, the
luuiivj s
ander consideration a plan to care
for a member of indigent patients
by building a suitable annex to the
county home which would be in
charge of a competent nurse. This
project had advanced to the point
Df letting the contract and the
erection was scheduled to begin at
an early date.
A few days ago it became known
that Dr. Rankin would pass through
Smithfield Wednesday and a con
ference was arranged in which the
Johnston County Medical Society
and the board of county commis
sioners, the trustees of the John
ston County Hospital and other
interested citizens participated,
rhe meeting was held at the hos
pital, thus giving Dr. Rankin op
aortunity to see the present hos
pital facilities of Johnston county.
In an informal manner, Dr.
Rankin told of four plans now in
jse in North Carolina in combat
ing this dread disease: He stated
:hat a local institution was worth
nore than a state institution and
:ited the sanatorium in Guilford
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INCREASED VIOLENT
DEATHS IN 6 MONTHS
North Carolina Has Total of 696
In First Half of the
Present Year.
Raleigh, July 19.—Violent deaths
in North Carolina for the first
six months of the current year
totaled 696 as compared with 688
For the corresponding six months
last year, the state board of health
revealed.
Automobiles took on an average
of more than a life a day for the
first six months of 1927, 191 per
sons losing their lives in auto
wrcks as compared with 158 in for
the like period in 1926.
There were 61 suicides and 98
homicides through June as com
pared against 60 suicides ai^’ loo
homicides for the first half of
last year.
Lightning killed eight persons
for the first six months as a
gainst three for a like period last
year. A decrease was noted in the
number dying from burns.
WHISKEY STILL CAPTURED
THAT IS CURIOSITY
A whiskey still that is quite a
curiosity was captured by officers
Monday morning in the lowgrounds
of Middle creek. The still was op
erated by means of four oil burn
ers. One of the deputies, who has
helped to take quite a number of
stills in past years, says it is so
unique, he expects to make an ef
fort to have it placed in the
State museum. The still was lo
cated about a hundred yards from j
a public road. It was on a ditch I
bank in a clump of reeds, but on
either side of the ditch open field*
stretched for a considerable dis
tance. In some way the reeds
had. caught fire and burned
an open space around the still,
which led to the find’ng of the
still. It was not in operatic#i when
founn
NEGRO DROWNED
IN SWIFT CREEK
An -eighteen-year-old negro
by the name of Bell lost his
life in Swift creek near J. V.
Tomlinson’s mill in Cleveland
township. Wednesday morniug
while in swimming. He and
several other negroes were in
bathing when he was seized
with cramp. The others be
came frightened and ran, leav
ing him to his fate. They
went to the mill and reported
the incident. A party of res
cuers went immediately to the
scene, but it was about an
hour and a half before the
body was found. It was locat
ed by Thomas Barbour, a white
boy.
Coroner J. H. Kirk man was
summoned, and he made in
vestigation but an inquest was
not considered necessary.
A. J. Whitley, Jr.,
Chosen President
Of Township Fair
Officers Are Elected
In Meeting Monday
Night
EX. COM. IS CHOSEN
Hog and Chicken-Calling Contests
To Be New Feature of
Township Fair
The meeting called Monday
night in the interest of a Smith
field township fair was not as
largely attended as was hoped for
due to the rain, but those who were
present were enthusiastic and con
siderable headway was made with
plans for the fair. Pisg-ah, Creech
and Pomona sections as well as
Smithfield were represented in the
meeting which was presided over
by F. H. Brooks.
As Judge Brooks called the
meeting to order, he made a few
pertinent remarks concerning the
possibilities for a township fair
and then called for nominations for
officers.
After some discussion, A. J.
Whitley, jr., of Pisgah section, was
unanimously chosen president;
Mrs. Preston Creech, of the Creech
section, vice-president; W. N. Holt,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. T. J.
Lassiter, assistant secretary; J. A.
Narron, chairman of arrange
ments and decorations committee;
Mrs. R. C. Gillett, chairman of the
premium list committee; J. H.
Abell, chairman of advertising and
printing, and F. H. Brooks, chair
man of the parade. These eight
)fficers and chairmen were voted
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BUFFALO CHURCH
INSTALL PASTOR
Rev. L. T. Edgerton, Formerly
Placed In Charge of Its
’Activities
Sanford, July 18.—At old Buf
falo Presbyterian church near San
ford Sunday afternoon a special
session of Oral |rve j Presbyter liji
was held for the purpose of or
daining Rev. L. T. Edgerton, and
installing him as pastor of the
church. Rev. R. C. Gilmore, D. D.,
was moderator of the session and
was in charge of the services,
which were impressive and inter
esting. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Jonas Barclay of Pittsboro.
The charge to the pastor was by
Rev. C. L. Wicker, of Gulf, and the
charge to the congregation by
A. C. Ray, of Pittsboro. The ordi
nation prayer was offered by Rev
R. C. Gilmore and he was joined
in the laying on of hands by the
above named, and R. E. Carring
ton as ruling elder.
The new pastor is a native oi
Johnston county and has recently
graduated from Union Theological
Seminary, .Richmond, Va. He is
a young man of ability and energy
and no doubt under his charge
Buffalo church which was estab
lished more than one hundred years
ago will continue to wield a large
influence in the life of the commu
nity. Rev. Mr. Edgerton will also
serve as pastor of the Pocket, Eu
phonia and White Hill churches.
Unanimous Vote
Given Brummitt
Succeeds Dawson of
Kinston as Democra'
tic State Chairman
RALEIGH, July 20.—Dennis G.
Brummitt, North Carolina attorn
ey general, tonight became Dem
ocratic state chairman by unani
mous vote of the state executive
committee after the resignation of
John G. Dawson, of Kinston, party
chief for the last four years, had
been accepted with an expression
of regret. There was no opposi
tion.
The formalities incident to the
shift in the party leadership were
handled during an hour’s meeting
in the hall of the house of repre
sentatives, with S. F. Gattis, of
Hillsboro, presiding. Approximate
ly half the 120 members were
present while 107 votes were cast
for the new chairman in person
or by proxy.
A resolution lamenting the re
cent death of Col. Alston D. Watts,
of Statesville, was unanimously
adopted. It was offered by former
State Senator D. F. Giles, of Mar
ion, whose motion for its adoption
was seconded by former Judge John
H. Harward.
M fiAha rV>K WOMEN,
j Mr. Brummitt was placed in
nomination as the successor to Mr.
Dawson by Sumter Brawley, of
j Durham. It drew an enthusiastic
second from James A. Hartness, 1
of Statesville, W. C. Feimster, of ;
Newton, and Mrs. Palmer Jerman,
of Raleigh, the latter speaking on
behalf of the Democratic women
of the state, expressing a keen '
regard for Mr. Brummitt’s high
character and capacity.
The announcement! the resig.- .
nation of Mr. Dawson gave the
brief meeting* a dramatic turn with
the retiring chairman speaking ap
priately on his.party associations ;
during his four years at the helm
and thanking the committee and 1
party workers throughout the state (
for their co-operation and assist
ance.
Attorney General Brummitt
speaking briefly following his elec
tion, declared that he should “not
ever seek to serve any group or
factional interest, but the great
body of the Democratic party, and
thus the state itself.”
Resolutions expressing regret at
the retirement of Mr. Dawson, of
fered by Dr. Tucker, of Person
county, offered the committee’s
thanks “for his devotion and serv
ice to the party; our admiration
of him as a leader; our affection
for him as a man and our thanks
for his untiring zeal.”
Among the notables on hand
for tonight’s meeting were Con
gressman William Cicero Hammer,
of the seventh district, and Charles
L. Abernethy, of the third.—The
Greensboro Daily News.
FOUR DEAD FROM
POISONED DRINK
Raleigh, July 21.—The death toll
of a weekend drinking party at
which denatured alcohol was con
sumed was brought to four yester
day with th« deaths John Lambert
and Josephine Chappell. The par
ty had been staged in celebration
of the release of Savannah Flem
ing and Classic Dunston, sisters,
from the Wake county jai*; where
they had served sentences for
drunkenness.
The sisters died Tuesday night,
while the Chappell woman died yes
terday afternoon about 3:30 o’
clock, Lambert survived unitl 9:30
last night.
After the death of the Fleming
woman, Coroner Waring started
an investigation into the affair. He
ordered an autopsy of both bodies.
This was performed Tuesday night
and yesteray morning, the con
tents of the woman’s stomachs
were found to contain denatured
alcohol mixed with Sterno, a can
ned heat preparation.
Five empty cans of Sterno were
found around the house, with two
empty bottles which had formerly
contained denatured alcohol.
ANNUAL REUNION OF
TURLINGTON FAMILY
The annual reunion of the Tur
lington family will be held on
Wednesday, August 3 at Bethsai
da Primitive Baptist church.
Get the Money
KeV< • D,v,ne. Baptist tnin
ister of Bloomington, 111., who ha-!
conducted campaigns for 13 years
to finance more than 400 mid
*reamrn 'lurches—and for a tola'
0| 30 million dollars.
E
CATCHES THIEF
J. L. Sullivan Captures
Chicken Rogue In Novel
Manner; Ne"s Items
From Selma
•SELMA, July 20.—News has
eached here of the very unusual
apture of a common thief. Mrs.
. L. Sullivan, who lives near
tain’s Cross Hoads, kept missing
ler young chickens. A strict watch
vas kept but no tracks were dis
overed.
Mr. Sullivan decided to take a
land, so he set a fish pole ami
ine in the lot where the partridge
iizetf' biddies had been roosting,
rhis he baited with a piece of
reshly killed young chicken. The
lext morning he had a rogue—a
arge chicken snake had swallow
'd the bait and had been securely
aught by the hook.
The Selrna Kiwaniaris and their
vives visited Camp Tuscarora near
Mount Olive last week. Scout
executive W. W. Rivers was on
land to give them a welcome and
how them around. A very appe
izing supper was served in the
>pen. Dick, the camp cook, was
it his best and the Boy Scouts
vho were in camp enjoyed the
east as well as the visitors.
Warm words of praise were ex
ended for the splendid work he!
s doing for the boys.
A camp fire breakfast was giv
?n near the overhead bridge on |
lighways numbers 10 and 22 on
Friday morning complimentary to j
Misses Esther O’Briant, Edith
Henley of Durham, and Ruth Ad-i
ims of Ilamlet.
The young ladies hiked out to
'he meeting place at an early
lour and breakfast was served
lbout 6:30. Weiners, bacon, rolls,
lottlecf drinks and , all the usual
iccessories furnished an appetiz
ing menu for the girls. Those en
ioying this delightful outing were
Misses Mary Stanley Benoy, Mary
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KING FERDINAND OF
RUMANIA IS DEAD
Queen Marie and All Members
of Royal Family Except
Carol At Deathbed.
Bucharest, Rumania, July 20.—
Following a long illness from can
cer, King Ferdinand, of Rumania,
died at the royal palace at Sinaia
at 2 !5 o?,i< ck this morning. Queen
Marie ?nd all the other members
of the royal family except former
Crown Prince Carol were at the
bedside.
Carol, who renounced the right
to succession because of martial
troubles, has been living in self
imposed exile in Paris.
For weeks the King had been
wasting away and was little more
than a skeleton when he died.
Although Ferdinand had been
suffering from a malignant growth
for a long time, his condition did
not become serious until last year
while Queen Marie was visiting
the United States, A hurry call was
sent to her to return home.
Within the past few weeks Fer
dinand sank rapidly and his death
was expected.
GARRY ELECTIONS
Bentonville, Pine Lev
el, Micro, and Selma
Vote Better Schools
ELECTION TUESDAY
Hardest Fought Battle Took Place
at Pine Level—Interest Keen
at Bentonville
Several other links in the chain
of school consolidations in John
ston county were forged Tuesday
when four school elections were
carried by majorities ranging from
five in Bentonville to 23 in Selma.
Ihe other two elections were held
in Pine Level and Micro.
Perhaps the hardest fought con
test took place in Pine Level. The
election there provided for the
consolidation of Pine Level, a part
of Massey district and all of
Creech’s. There was a total reg
istration of 253, 148 voting for and
55 against the proposed tax which
is not to exceed fifty cents on the
hundred dollars -worth of property.
Though the weather was threaten
ing and at times it was raining,
the voters went to the ballot box
with a determination to carry a
splendid majority for an eight
months school for their children.
The best manhood and womanhood
of the town was said to be vitally
interested and the carrying of the
election was a splendid piece of
work.
Interest was keen also in Ben
tonville, where attempts have been
made before to carry an election.
The territory holding the election
Tuesday included Oak Grove,
Massey, and a part of Mill Creek
districts. The vote was close, the
election winning by only five votes.
This election puts this community
in line for a new building. How
ever, it will be spring before this
can be accomplished. The schools
will operate this year as last, the
high school pupils and possibly
some of the upper grammar grades
going to Four Oaks. In the mean
time, adjoining territory will be
given a chance to vote itself into
this new consolidated district
thereby causing the erection of a
larger building.
The Selma election means the
consolidation with Selma of Live
Oak, a part of Plainview and the
rest of Jones which was not recent
ly taken in the Smithfield district.
In the new territory, a tax not
exceeding* fifty cents on the hun
dred dollars will be levied, the old
debt in the Selma district still to
be carried by the original district.
The registration in Selma was 222.
Voting for the tax were 135, mak
ing a majority of 23.
Micro in the election Tuesday
took part in Pearce’s district and
a part in Plainfield. There was
a registration of 105 with 68 votes
cast for the tax, making a ma
jority of 15 votes.
A Peach Weighs a Pound.
When T. C. Henry recently pre
sented to the Herald office a peach
weighing fifteen ounces, it was
thought he was the champion
peach grower, but Chas. E. Ed
wards of Smithfield, route 1, goes
him a little better. Mr. Edwards
has grown a peach on his farm that
tips the scales at a pound. This is
also of the Elberta variety.
AUNT ROX1E SAYS—
By Me-. t
A.'
"Ah doesn't know which is wus*
Iser, Johnston county dew bills o*|
I Roily’s Greeks and barbarians.”