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. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper — — Established 1882 * * IF, IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. VOLUME 45 •NO. 60 f’MITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNINd. JULY 20. 1027 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Kiwanians Plan To Boost Market Booster Trips, Individual Ad. vertising, Press Publicity Will Be Employed. The noonday heat of a July sun Thursday did not deter the mem bers of the local Kiwanis club from gathering around the festive board laid in the Woman’s club room, and enjoying the repast prepared by Mrs. A. S. Johnston. The Smithfield tobacco market loomed biggest in the discussions which followed the eats, and if the plans presented by the advertis ing committee which were adopt ed by the club, are carried to com pletion, the tobacco growers of Johnston county will hear further from this meeting*. Booster trips for four days preceding the open ing of the market will again be undertaken, and personal invita-1 tions, together with unanswerable | arguments will combine to induce ! Johnston county tobacco growers to sell their product in Johnston.! ine mercnants, ousiness firms, lawyers, doctors and all will be | asked to join in the move to ad- | vertise the local market in some I individual manner, which, with ^ concentrated advertising, is calcu lated to bring better results. There will also be an effort to keep before the public through the press the advantages of the Smith field market. Before the meeting* adjourned, a letter was read from the chairman of the State U. D. C. Bentonville battleground committee, asking for cooperation in putting on i pa- j triotic celebration this fall when the niaiker, given by the U. D. C. I and the State Historical Commis sion, shall be unveiled. The mat ter was referred to the committee on public affairs. Planning to Mark Battleground. Mrs. John H. Anderson, chair man of the Bentonville Battle ground committee, has written a btter to friends in Smithfield that j marked progress is now being made toward the maiking of the highway which is to run near by the monument on the old Golds boro and Fayetteville road. There will be a marker, according to Mrs. Anderson’s letter. A boulder taken from the rockbeds of upper I Johnston county. It will he crown-| ed with a brass plate with suit able engravings. The boulder will! be ready by September 1st, and sometimes thereabout the commis- : sion of which Mrs. Anderson is j the head, hopes to have a public1 celebration, which will include a large gathering, public speaking, and a picnic dinner. The county commissioners have already signi fied their willingness to co-opcr- \ ate with the commission in the! moving of the boulder to the bat tleground. An enjoyable and prof itable day could tand should be arranged for the occasion. K " in tty OUIlUiiy ncnooi. Selma, July 27.—Mrs. M. R. ^VhII, chairman of the Missionary prograin committee, gave a very interesting prog-.am during the Sunday school hour at Edgerton Memorial church Sunday morning. Little Miss Edna Eason told a missionary story; Mrs. John Q. A. Jeffries sang, “We’ve a Story To Tfll," and Miss Edna Earl O'Neal ?ave a leading, “The Oreatcst ‘Ocrific"," The entire Sunday school assembled to enjoy the pro Siam. The President no longer exer C'ses with dumbbells," says a ington dispatch. How can he, Congress not in session? Tantall izer terP8rinatru e,xactly enough let the nn* tho,lm« below to spell field" a Peraon in Smith (■inhor n- ‘f the riRht one d(i sent h t^ Tr°t?nd m111 £rc’ we «, li1 The Herald office, *m i|lr®nt hi"> with a Vimor! nnuary ticket t0 the be callVf.dTfevel, Four Oaks, Princeton and Benson. This establishment employs over a dozen persons, besides the pro prietor's who will give their full time to the business. C. P. Day, an experienced laundry man, who was with the laundry before it closed down, will again have charge of the washing department. Freewill /Baptist l huren. Sunday school Sunday morning at 9:30, C. J. Thomas, superin tendent. There will he no services Sunday evening on account of the union ^service at the Methodist church. Prayer meeting Wednes day at 8 p. m. Freewill Baptist League Thursday at 8 p. m. On Wednesday, August 3, the Freewill Orphanage of Middlesex will gave a concert at the church for the benefit of the orphanage. Everybody is invited to attend these meetings. Arrest John William Hughes. John William Hughes, age 64 years, who lives on the Goldsboro road, was arrested Monday night about ten o’clock charged with the sale of intoxicating liquor. Offi cers made the arrest at his home where they found a guano sack full of funnels, jugs and jars, and about a five-gallon keg of liquor that had not been opened. He was brought here and placed in jail. Officers making the raid were: W. W. Stewart, J. O. Ellington, T. E. Talton. •Dr. Corbett (Jets License. Dr. Clarence Lee Corbett, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Corbett of Selma, applied to the clerk of su perior court here last Monday for a license to practice medicine in Johnston county. Dr. Corbett re cently passed the State Board ex amination and is now in Atlanta doing- interne work. It is not yet definitely known where he will lo cate. Big Beet. If anyone can beat the beet brought to the Herald office this |week, to use a slang expression, he vyill be some beet raiser. Mr. jjess^ G. Barbour, of Wilson’s Mills | township, grew the beet which tips the scales at eleven pounds. Union Service Sunday Night Rev. W. C. Cumming, Return ed Missionary From China Will Speak At Methodist Church. “What Has Happened in China” will be the subject of the discourse which Rev. W. C. Cumniing, who has recently returned from the war area in China, will deliver at a union service to be held in the Methodist church here Sunday eve ning. It is the custom for the churches of Smithfield to unite on fifth Sunday nights in a union service, and the congregations are fortunate at this time to have the opportunity of hearing a most in teresting speaker discuss condi tions in China. Mr. Cummings was formerly pastor of the Presbyter ian church of this city, but for several years has been serving as missionary for the Southern Pres byterian church. Rev. Mr. Cumming will preach at the Presbyterian church here Sunday morning at 11 o’clock His subject will be: “A Survey of China from ' the Viewpoint of Christian Missions.” NEEDLEMAN SUES MOB FJOR $100,000 Spotlight Of Publicity Is Again Focused Pitilessly On Mar County’s Most Brutal Crime. Starting suit in the federal courts for $100,000 as the re sult of his mutiliation at the hands of a Martin county mob, Joseph H. Needleman, of Phil adelphia, has again focused the spotlight of public atten tion on the grisly affair which resulted in the conviction of 28 mob members—convictions which in the opinion of many marked the breaking of the backbone of the “Lynch law” in North Carolina. Papers in Needleman’s suit were received Wednesday at the office af United States Marshal R. W. Ward here. They were filed Tues day in the U. S. District Court •it Washington, N. C. THIRTY-TWO DEFENDANTS. Thirty-two persons are named as defendants in the suit. De fendants include in addition to the convicted mob members, several of whom are now serving long terms in the State’s Prison, Sheriff H. T. Robertson, of Martin county, whom Needleman alleges aided and abetted in the mutilation by ‘counseling, advising and witness ing” the unspeakable operation. NEEDLEMAN MARRIED. Jienewal ot interest m the Necdlcman case brought to light Lhe fact that the victim has mar ried since his recovery from his misfortune, according to reliable sources of information here. TWO YEARS AGO. Needleman’s mutilation took place a few days after his arrest on a charge of criminally assault ing Ethel Griffin, a Williamston girl. This charge was later drop ped. In the small hours of Sunday, March 29, at 2:30 a. m., exact, masked men came to his William ston jail cell, clipped the locks and bolts, tore down the jail doors and seized him, he maintains, adding in his petition thtt he recognized Dennis Griffin, F. W. Sparrow sr., F. Welfred Sparrow jr., and Claro Heath. He was driven out of town a mile and a half. Sparrow sr., asked if he wished to be killed or mutiliated, the petition recites, and the Philadelphia traveling sales man told them to do as they pleas ed, whereupon “occurred one of the most shocking and bloodstir ring crimes in the history of the State.” He was refused a lift to town, he recites, but later was rushed to a Washington, N. C., hospital and recovered within eight or nine weeks. STERN JUSTICE. The State was aghast when de tails of the horrible crime became known. Rewards were offered for the guilty parties and widespread arrests followed as members of the mob hurried to turn State’s evi dence. Vigorously prosecuted by So licitor Don Gillam at a special term of court, the mob members & SMITHF1ELD POST OFFICE SEEKS LARGER QUARTERS Post Office Inspector Submits Plans And Specifications To Postmaster Stancil Postoffice Inspector W. J. Dixon, of Richmond, Va., was in the city for a few hours last Saturday in connection with a plan to secure larger quarters and better equip ment for the Smithfield postoffice While here Mr. Dixon cfiscussec the matter with Mayor Underwood and Postmaster Stancil and dther.5 and left at the postoffice a supply of blanks to be used in submitting proposals, a sample of the form of lease now to be used, a drawing of a safe that would be acceptable, building requirements and a list of firms who make and handle standard postoffice equipments. Since returning to Richmond, Dixon has mailed to Postmaster Stancil a copy of the specifications for a complete outfit of new equip | ment. All these papers may be seen at the postoffice by anyone interested. A notice has beers ported in the lobby of the postoffice asking for proposals to be submitted up to and including August 23, 1927, for the leasing of about 2100 square feet of floor space for either five or ten years and furnishing all j necessary equipment including heat, light, water, etc. The pres ent lease will expire at on Decem ber 31, 1927 and the new quar ters must be ready by that time. Inspector Dixon expressed the hope that some one mig-ht become j sufficiently interested in the mat ter to construct a suitable build-1 ing and equip it it every way suit-! able for an up to date postoffice.! Commends Negro Farm Work Here State Department Think Work of Negro Farm Dem. onstration Agent Fruitful} Gardens Are Stressed. C. R. Hudson, who is in charge of the Neg*ro Farm Demonstration work in the state, was in Johnston county a few days ago inspecting the work of local Agent McKay McNeill, and upon his return to Raleigh made the following repoj^ concerning it: He states that he found the work in a very fine condition and found the negro farmers very much interested in getting the better methods which the extension serv ice has to offer thorn. In going from farm to farm he found soy beans growing on a nun<|ber of them that had not grown them be fore. These beans will be used as a hay crop or for grazing off by iiogs. He also found a number of farmers growing sudan grass for hay and for pasturage. Corn and cotton crops that were in the dem onstration work were much better than the average of those that did not have the benefit of the work. One of the most valuable fea tures of the work he found to be that of the garden. Local Agent McNeill has a garden contest on in till1 county, mr. nuu&un vi&itcu, in spected and judged 21 of the gar lens. His average score for them was 92 per cent. The average number of vegetables found per garden was 18. The score on cul tivation was 88; that on fertiliza tion, 77; size of garden, 98; loca tion, 90. The gardens averaged almost ex actly one-fourth of an acre. This was found to produce more vege tables /than the average family can consume, so quite a number1 of the gardeners have been selling vegetables. Many of them will can, and in other ways preserve veg etables for winter use. A number of the gardeners were asked as to the value of their garden. While the answers varied naturally, yet is was ascertained that the gar dens on an average were worth more than $100.00 each, that is, over $400.00 per acre. Thus it will be seen that the garden is the most important and most valuable part of the farm, hence the atten tion given it. Turn to page six, please 16-YEAR-OLD BOY CONDUCTING REVIVAL FAYETTEVILLE, July 26.— Rev. W. H. Carter, of Selma, a 16-year-old evangelist, is holding a revival meeting at the Freewill Baptist church near Stedman in this county. The boy preacher is said to have been in the pulpit for five years, having begun preach ing when he was only 11 years old. He is a student of the Holmes Bible and Missionary Institute at Greenville, S. C. He is assisted in the present service by Rev. A. H. Carter, of Rose Hill. were found guilty and ringleaders were sentenced to long terms in the State’s Prison by Judge N. A. Sjficlair. Church Wedding j Popular Couple! Johnson Memorial Free Will Baptist Church Scene of Neighbors—Johnson Nup., tials. BENSON, July 27.—luesday evening at 8:30 o’clock, the John son Memorial Freewill Baptist church was the scene of a beauti ful wedding*, when Miss Pearle Johnson became the bride of Mr. Dalmon Orion Neighbors. The impressive ring ceremony was per formed by the Rev. James Ruffin Johnson, father of the bride. The church was attractively dec orated with baskets of Queen Anne’s lace and hydranges, while the entire background was a mass of ivy, shasta daisies, long leaf pine and white zinnias. Against this background were three stand ards bearing cathedral tapers. The nuptial colors of green and white predominated. Mr. Hunter Johnson of Benson, a cousin of the bride, rendered a musical program while one of the largest throngs of friends and rel atives ever to gather in this part of the county assembled to wit ness the ceremony. Immediately preceding the cer emony, Miss Rachel Lee of Dunn, gowned in pink georgette and wearing a corsage of pink pre mier roses showered with pink and silver maline, and valley lilies, sweetly sang “Oh, Promise Me” by Reginalld de Keucn and “I Love You Truly,” by Carrie Jacobs Bond. The bridal party entered to the strains of the bridal chorus from Lohengrin. Traumerei by Schu mann was softly rendered during the ceremony. The first to enter were the ushers, Messrs. Howard Neighbors, brother of the groom and Glenn Johnson, brother of the bride. They were followed by the brides maid, Miss Kate Johnson of Ben son. She wore a beautiful creation of pink taffeta, very bouffant sty le with a maline border which set off the beauty of the frock. She wore white kid pumps with rhine stone buckles and white hose. She carried an arm bouquet of pink premier roses showered with pink and silver maline and valley lil ies. The next to enter was the maid of honor, Miss Eva Johnson of Smithfield, cousin of the bride. Her frock was ecru all over with lace ! with pink trimming over pink ■foundation. She wore black slip ;pers and pink hose. She also car ried an arm bouquet of premier ! roses showered with pink and sil ver maline. ( Little Graham Penny, son of ‘Mr. and Mi's. Victor Penny of An jgier, entered next bearing the ring jin the heart of a lily. He was j dressed in black and white satin suit, Lord Fauntleroy style, j Preceding the bride came the | little flower girl, Magythorne [Pleasant, daughter of Mr. and jMrs. Chester Pleasant of Angier. I She wore a frock of pink /crepe, shirred and trimmed withf hand (Turn to page four please) Recorders Court Has Full Docket A Number of Criminal Cases Disposed of Here Tuesday and Wednesday of This! Week. Quite a number of cases were disposed of in Recorder’s court here this week. The criminal cases tried were as follows: James Draughon and William Draughon wore charged with vio lation of the prohibition iaw am! operating a car without proper li cense tag. Both defendants were found guilty of possession. Wil liam Draughon was convicted of transportation and operating a car without proper license tags. James Draughon was fined $25 and tax ed with one-half the cost, as to possession. William Draughon was fined $25 and one-half the cost as to possession, and $25 as to transportation. The judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost as to the charge of op erating car without proper license tags. Leo Warren was convicted of assault with deadly weapon. He was sentenced to the county roads for a period of 60 days. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine and the cost, on condition that the defend (Turn to page six, please) JOHNSTON FARMER FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION A petition in voluntary bank ruptcy was filed in local Federal court Tuesday afternoon by C. H. Johnson, Johnston county farmer. He listed assets of $720 against liabilities of $7,600.67. One of the unsecured claims, amounting to $3,124.12, was held by Ashley Horne & Sons, Clay ton, recently adjudged bankrupt. ALFRED G. ADAMS PASSES AW AY AT HIS HOME Mr. Alfred G. Adams died at his home in Bcntonville township on July 27. He had been in poor health for several months, but death came unexpectedly and his friends throughout the county will be shocked to learn ^ of his passing. Mr. Adams was a son of Mr. Billie Adams, who lives near this city. t He was about forty years of age. He was a member of Pauline Baptist church and a member of the Masonic Lodge at Mill Creek. He was a loyal member of the Republican party but in politics, as in religion, there was a marked sincerity that lifted him above petty party lines, and many of his best personal friends differed with him politically. Mr. Adams is survived by a wife and several small children. Tea Room To Change Hands. The Coffee Cup which has been operated here for the past sev eral months by Miss Ruth Wilson and Miss Virginia Wilson wdl change hands on August 1. Mrs. Nellie Bass will take charge on that date and joperate it under the same name and at the same location in the hotel building. SAMPSON COl'NTY OIL WELL IS PRODUCING GOLDSBORO, July 24.—Oil in sufficient quantities to indicate that there would be production of from 25 to 100 barrels a day is pouring from the hole drilled to a depth of 600 feet in Sampson county, ac cording to a long distance phone message received in Goldsboro on Saturday night from Paul Rardin of Clinton. Mr. Rardin stated that excite ment in that place runs high and that every store, bank and busi ness building has bottled samples and glasses of crude oil on exhi bition. The drills encountered the oil at a depth of 600 feet after having cut through hard rock for more than 100 feet. A chemical test has been made by a local chem ist who pronounced the oil genu ine crude with a parafine base similar to Pennsylvania oil. Experienced oil men who have been convinced for several years that there is oil in Sampson coun ty are confident that a continua tion of the drilling will add ma terially to the oil already found, it was said. ____*: _ _i Golfing Wonder [AuTPCACTKg 1 liol.hv Jones. Atlanta. Ga„ tof tihe oripanizar tion. The Secretary showed con clusively that the organization had played quite an important part in creating a spirit for progressive ness in the section during the past five years. “We selected Johnston. Harnett and Sampson counties for this 'particular office, primarily to show that a live stock program can be put into effect successfully in the largest cotton growing counties in the section.” The Sec retary said, “Johnston county is the largest cotton producing coun ty in the state and Harnett and Sampson are not far behind.” Our aim is to import into these three counties within 18 months at least 1,000 new dairy cows, he continu ed.” The net earnings of the far mers of Eastern North Carolina are not in proportion to the gross earnings, which accounts for the increase of mortgages being re corded in practically every county in the section.” The Secretary said. In his opinion this is due to the fact that the program is not well balanced and more goes out than in in which necessarily creates a de ficit. At the close of the meeting the Lions Club unanimously accepted the quota for Lillington and pled ged the Lions Club to back the program to the limit. Mr. Anthony, teacher of Vocational Education in the Lillington High School, made a short speech. HIGHWAY NUMBER 22 NEARING COMPLETION The report is now that highway 22 to the Wilson county line will probably be completed by next Wednesday night. The grading in Wilson county is practically com pleted. Forecast Big Crop In Texas ['arm Conditions Generally Good In Adopted County of C. P. Johnson, Native John stonian. T. R. Hood, president of the thirst and Citizens National Bank, s in receipt of a newspaper clip )ing from G. P. Johnson, a native fohnstonian now living in Paris, rexas, which tells of the cotton >utlook. Paris is located in Lamar :ounty which produces about the ;ame amount of cotton yearly ar fohnston. It is herewith reproduc 'd for the benefit pf the Herald eaders: “With the anticipated production his fall of one of the most prof table cotton crops in the history >f Lam'ar and adjoining counties, vith a season of marked success n virtually all lines of agriculture ind livestock, this section will lave spanned a twelvemonth of he widest extremes from adverse o bumper crop conditions believ ible. Aside from the fact that fav orable crop -nd market conditions 'orecast, at this time, prosperity >f a character as extremely good his year as it was depressing last,, he most significant factor in the iresent outlook is that the bumper :otton crop is due to be consider ibly earlier than usu'al. “Lamar county is likely to have t cotton crop double that of last rear if continued rains do not fall luring* the next two or three Turn to page four, pleas* Presbyterian Services. Sunday morning eleven o’clock^ ;ermon by Rev. W. C. Cumming. Union service Methodist church Sunday night, Rev. W. C. Cmn ning preaching. Christian En leavor at 7 o’clock. Public cordial y invited. Old Pewter Communion Set. Miss Mary E. Wells, assistant :ounty superintendent, recently •ame into possession of an old pew ter communion set that is more :han a hundred years old. It was jsed in a Unitarian church in New Vork State of which her grand father, Rev. Henry Emmons, was pastor. About thirty-five years ago the church installed an individual communion set, and sent the old set to the former pastor. The pewter set consists of two flag ons. six goblets, two bread plates and a baptismal fcnt. Baptist Church Sunday. In the absence of Rev. S. L. Morgan, the pastor, Dr. J. H. Gor rell of Wake Forest will preach in the Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. No night service but congrega - tion will join in union service at the Methodist church and hear Rev. W. C. Cummings former pastor of Presbyterian church here, and lately a missionary to China. SMITH FI ELD CHAPTER SENDS IN $424.15 The following contributions for. relief of the Mississippi flood suf ferers are gratefully acknowledg ed: The Flowers Presbyterian Sun day School, $2.00. Mr. Ben Casey, $2.00. The amount heretofore reported and forwarded is $420.15. The total amount forwarded from the Smithfield Chapter of the American Red Cross is $424,15, H. V. ROSE, Chm AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—• w 1 . *• “Remember