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6MITHFIELD NEEDS: A Modern Hotel. Chamber of Commerce. JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: Equal Opportunity for Every School Child. Better Marketing System. Jlorc Food and Feed Crops. VOLUME ir>—NO. 61 IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. $2.00 PER YEAR THREE PERSONS INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK HERE . _, *__ Ford Roadster Runs Into I?u> At Corner of Haneork and Third Streets Sunday Sunday just about twelve o’clock, a Ford roadster in which four pas sengers were riding ran into the bus which plies between Raleigh and Goldsboro, at the intersection of Hancock and Third streets of this city, and was completely de molished. Three of the occupants of the Ford, W. C. Willis, and his two sisters, Misses Mary and Lc ola Willis, were injured and were taken to the Johnston County Hospital for treatment. The name of the other occupant who was a young man. was not learned. Mr. Willis suffered the most serious injury, his right leg being severe ly lacerated and bruised, and be also sustained a bad bruise behind his right £ar. The Misses Willis were bruised considerably. They were able to return to their home near Lillington Sunday afternoon. The cause of the wreck was not learned. It is said that the bus ran considerably to one side in an ef fort to avert the collision. BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR COTTON PRICES Indications now point to a good price for cotton ^his sea son. The 1926-1927 cotton year closed on July 31, and statistics are now available upon which to hase'an opinion. The figures of Hester, a noted cotton expert of New Orleans, puts the carry-over at 7,200, 000 bales. The consumption last year of cotton, according to Hester, was 7,434.000 bales, a world record of consumption in times of peace. It /appears that folks are using more cot ton than ever before, whether in larger /quantities for ,*the same old fpurposes or for new uses which have been found and utilized. If the increased consumption continues, the cot ton problem for this year will solve itself, For there is also a reported very heavy infesta tion of boll weevil over the cot ton states. Harry P. Stevens, representative of a large cot ton firm that keeps in touch p with the cotton situation, has received information to the ef fect that the nine government boll weevil stations scattered throughout the cotton belt of the United States, report an infestation of from twenty five to thirty-five per cent. MIDDLESEX MAN DIES FROM ACCIDENT HURTS W ILSON. July 29.—James A. Lewis, 58-year-old Middlesex man, died in a local hospital here yes terday afternoon from injuries sustained in a buggy accident on the Raleigh highway last. Tues day night. Lewis was thrown from his buggy when it collided with another buggy. He was rushed to ; a local hospital where he died without regaining consciousness. Funeral services for the deceas ed was hold from the home this afternoon at 3 o’clock by Itev. A. A- Pippin. Interment Whs made jn flip family cemetery at Middle sex. T he Junior Orde* of whic i the deceased was a member, had charge of the burial services, iln* deceased is survived by four mothers, two sisters and seven 'nildren. The children arc: Mrs. Rtdph Lewis and Mrs. Arthur DeWer. of Zehulon; R. G. Lewis and K°y Lewis, of Aydcn, and Undsey Lewis, Miss Iva anri Edward L< s-cx. Lewis, or Middle Tantali. izer c,xacu,y °nouch ,ct lli(. tlu' 'ln'5 below to spell li, ,,,°f !l person in Smith ' ' ? .h,s ";ime “I'd Will pro w ito T10 Irera>'J office, » “ pr«sc»t bim with a ' | pbmentary ticket to tho be calf Theatre. Tickets must L ^ for before the fol *'»vving: issue. wjN."IHc Stephenson recogniz "er name last issue. ToaaV" -rantallzer: ahrnerlislp • Falls Seven Miles Lieut. C. C. Champion, U. S. Navy Iyer, attained highest flight of 47,000 leet when the plane s engine ex Mode a and he* fell 7 miles—finally nancuvcring the Mazing wreck to a iafe landing. Farm Gathering Comes To Close .Stale Farmers Convention Said To He Greatest Vet — Three I’rizcs Awarded In Hog Calling Contest Raleigh, Aug. 1.—Adopting by resolutions movements to begin a state-wide program for agricultural advancement, a state-wide organization of farmers, to reduce unfair freight rates, to study mat ters, to prohibit the use of convicts in farming and the development of waste lands with governmental money, the tlbth annual session of the State Farmers’ Conven tion closed Thursday, July 2X after three strenuous days of farm study at State College. In the opinion of old timers, it i was the greatest convention yet i held. Charles F. Gates of Meh-1 ance and Mrs. J. S. Turner, of Iteidsville, presidents of the two groups of farm folks kept the pro gram on the move and tho»*e was hardly time for an idle hour be-' tween events. A total of 1,4251 men and women were registered; for rooms and meals at the Col- 1 lege while hundreds of others | drove in for one day. In addition to the prepared pro- j gram there were many contests, j Dean I. O. Schaub and Dr. R. V.! Winters, representing the college1 defeated M. L. Adderholt of Dav-; idson and Charles F. Cates, of i Mebane in a horse-shoe pitching contest. Charles S. Ballcntine, of Wake ( oi nty won the crop identi fication contest and was awarded a handsome silver trophy worth about $50. W. A. Connell, Jr., of Wiarren County won first prize of $25 in the hog calling contest; J. H. Sprinkle of Forsyth County won second prize of $15 and R. P. Braxton of Alamance County won third prize of $10. Forsythe Coun ty won the cup for highest at tendance at the convention. Officers for the coming year were elected Trusday morning. D. W. Baglcy of Moyock, Currituck County, was elected president of the Farmers’ Convention and Mrs. R. A. McCullen of Clinton in Sampson County was elected pres ident of the Federation of Home Demonstration clubs. RYAL WOODALL NEW WAREHOUSE MANAGER The committee appointed by the directors of the cottog storage' warehouse to select a manager for the warehouse met here Saturday. The committee chose W. Ryal Woodall as cotton warehouse man ager. Mr. Woodall succeeds J. V. Og*burn, who recently resigned to* enter other business. The com mittee appointed to make the se lection was composed of W. H. Flowers, J. Rufus Creech, R. C. Gpett and T. R. Hood. Tragic Death Of Henry Brinkley Occurs At Wilson’s Mills As He Endeavored To Board Train Which Was Moving A trapic accident occurred at Wilson’s Mills Saturday morning about ten o’clock when a freiffht train killed Henry Brinkley as he tried to board it while it iyas slowly moving. Mr. Brinkley who was an employee of the Southern Railroad, intended to ro to Clayton to get a payroll check which he was due for work which he had done with an extra section force. He fell as he tried to board the train, though the train slowed down for him to get on. The accident occurred near the depot. A good many standing nearby saw the accident. His body was terribly mangled, and death re I suited instantly. The coroner, | Jas. H. Kirkman, was called to j the scene, but an inquest was | deemed unnecessary. Mr. Brinkley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Brinkley. He was only tw^enty-three years! of age. He leaves a wife and three ! small children. The ^unreal was held Sunday! afternoon at the Poole graveyard i Rev. A. F. DeGaferelly, who is holding a revival at the Wilson’s Mills Christian church, conducted the service. The pill bearers were: W. O. Youngblood, Luther Davis, Vernon Parrish, E. T. Souther land, W. T. Wilson and A. T. Lee. NEW DOLLAR BILLS WILL APPEAR SOON Enough To Re Printed By July 1, 1928, To Replace Old Bills In Circulation Washington, July 29.—A suffi cient number of the new size one dollar notes will be printed by July 1, 1928, to replace the entire issue of one-dollar bills now in cir culation in spite of the fact that the plates from \vhich they will be struck are not yet engraved, Alvin Hall, director of the Bureau of En graving and Printing, stated here today. The new notes will be put into circulation as rapidly as the Treas ury receives the present notes, Mr. Hall said, so that during 1928 two sizes of paper notes will be in use throughout the country. At present, the director of the bureau explained, efforts arc being put forth to print the one-dollar de nomination first since it consti tutes GO per cent of the paper j currency. The larger denomina tions in the new size will be print ed as soon after the “one’s” are circulated as technical limitations will permit, he said. Declaring that considerable con fusion exists in the public mind as to the dimensions of the new bills. I Mr. Hall stated that the new issue I of paper currency will be approxi mately one-third smaller than the present issue. The exact size, he said, is two and eleven-sixteenths inchs wide and six and five-six teenths inches long. The present size of the bills is three and one eighth inches by seven and seven sixteenths inches.—Thos. H. Young in News and Observer. PRESENTS THE HERALD WITH WATERMELON J. S. Benson has presented The Herald office with a nifce water melon. Mr. Benson knows how to prow all sorts of truck and melons, and the Herald herewith expresses its appreciation of this tangible evidence of his skill along* this line. COUNTY BOARDS WILL CONSIDER BUDGET The county board of commis sioners and the county board cf education will meet jointly Thursr day and Friday of this week to go over the county budget prepara tory to fixing the tax levy for this year. Th enew finance act passed by the recent legislature makes preparation of the budget of more than ordinary importance, and au ditors have been at work for sev-' eral weeks getting things in! shape. i Her Prince With Millions^ *From the kitchen of her humble 'home in the backwoods of Canada, Lena Wilson, this week, became the bride of Millionaire "Bud" Stillman, who dowered her with one-half his wealth. Stillman’s grandfather was the gTcat American banker. Local Hounds Do Swift Trailing Locate Negro Charged With Assault of 12 Year Old Girl Near Bailey, Nash County w. L. Sutton and Will Stevens Responded to a call to carry Mr. Stevens’ two bloodhounds to Bailey Sunday tq locate the assaulter of i twelve-year-old g*irl, and in one ! lour and a half after reaching the i 'cene, they arrested a negro, Tom I Bradshaw, at his home where the ' logs trailed him. Some time about one o’clock ! Sunday morning, the twelve-year-| dd daughter of Paul Earp, a white farmer who resides about four niles of Bailey, was taken from :he bed where, she was sleeping A'ith her two listers, transported :hrough a field to the woods. The ; jirl screamed, awakening her par ?nts. They missed her from her *°°m and began a search. They ound her as she was making her ‘Vay back to the house. The negro | failed to accomplish his purpose. The bloodhounds left, here about sunrise Sunday morning and about dovon o’clock, after they had been .railing for an hour and a half. Lhey went to the home of Tom! Bradshaw, a distance of about a I mile a»d a'half. Mr. Sutton and j Mr. Stevens turned him over to the j Mash county officers. It is reported that the negro es- j -aped from the officer while en '■ route to the Nash county jail and j mother search has been instituted | to apprehend him. SMALL BLAZE SATURDAY The fire alarm called the fire department to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Smith Saturday at noon and the quick and efficient work of the company saved the bouse from going up in flames. Smoke was seen issuing from the second story of the house which was reported to the servant who was the only one at the home at the time. When the fire company reached the scene, it was found that in an upstair’s room, a chest of drawers, in which linen was stored away was smoking and ready to burst into flames. It is thought mice started the fire. The damage was. confined to the sec ond story. The furniture was taken from the living room, downstairs which was directly under the room where the fire was located, but the flames we?e extinguished in time to prevent the removal of any more furniture. Some of these big boys who have a B. A. degree might mean that they are Bachelor of Apple sauce. Young Man Dies At Benson Home Harvey Ryals Passes After Mlness of Several Months; Former Mail Carrier On Route 2 A sad death occurred at Benson Saturday when Harvey Ryals passed away at his home after an illness of seven or eight months. During that time he suffered with high blood presure and was unable to work For 16 or seventeen years he had been the efficient mail carrier on Benson rural route num ber two. The deceased was only thirty-five years of age, and his passing in the 'rime of young manhood seems untimely. The funeral was conducted Sun day afternoon at the home at three o’clock by Rev. Xure Lee, after which interment was made in the Benson cemetery. A very large crowd was present, and the floral offering was beautiful. The active pall bearers were: N. L. ! Duncan, Jesse T. Morgan, Larry I Wood, Paul Lee, John Myatt, D. J. Wood jr., Paul Johnson and | Paul Starling. The postal employ joes of Benson acted as honorary pall bearers. The deceased leaves a wife and three children. Princeton Scene Auto Accidents Four Landed In Hospital As Result of Collisions At Same Street Crossing On High way-No. 10 « Princeton was the scene of two rather serious automobile accidents Saturday, the acci dents occurring at the same place on Highway No. 10 where one of the streets of Princeton intersects. The first wreck happened Sat urday morning when a Franklin car driven by G. O. Coble of Greens boro ran into D. F Tolley of Prince ton, almost completely wrecking both cars. Mr. Tolley had crossed the highway, when Mr. Coble who was going toward , Goldsboro, became ex cited at the sight of the car in his path, and swerved off the road and hit the car. Mr. Tolley says when he came up to the highway that he looked i up and saw the car coming but it being nearly two blocks away, he considered that he had plenty of time to get across. He did cross the highway and his car was 24 feet from the highway when he looked and saw that the big car was coming very fast and that it was crossing and coming off the highway on the left side. In a moment he saw that it was going to run into his car in spite of all he could do. The Franklin struck the Ford at the left front wheel, and both cars went into the ditch on the right side of the street. The Franklin car was damaged badly, engine broken, frame broken in two places, right front wheel broken al1 to pieces, right end of front axle bent back, right rear wheel broke all to pieces, steering wheel and windshield broken. The Ford was badly damaged— engine, Jflyvwl.eel #nd ^windshield being broken, fenders on both sides smashed and tire burst. Mr. Tolley was slightly hurt on the leg but n0 other one on his car was hurt. Mr. Coble was accompanied by his mother, and both received se vere cuts around the knees. Dr. R* S. Stevens, Princeton physi cian, was summoned and he brought them to the Johnston County Hospital where their wounds were dressed. Ii was nec essary to take several Stitches in dressing- the wounds of feach. They were able to return by train, to Greensboro in the afternoon. The second accident took place late Saturday aftdrnobn about seven-thirty o’clock at the same Pine street crossing. A Ford road ster, driven by Earl Woodard was Turn to page four, pleat* ' HORNE PROPERTY BRINGS TOTAL OF OVER $15,000.00 Dry Goods and Store Fixtures Sold at Public Auction In Bankrupt Sale The bankrupt sale of the property belonging to Charles W. Horne, trading as Ashley Horne Son, was held on the premises in Clayton Fna-iv afternoon with a number of V'iddeis j resent. The entic stock of goods, furniture and fixtures and other property sold for $15,093.50. Bidding began at twelve o'clock with C. A. Gosriey, of Raleigh, trustee, in charge. A Bhcker, of Fayeteville, bought the groceries which inventoried at $2,079,110 for $1,362.50. Sam Freedman, of Danville, Va., bid in the merchandise which in ventoried at $25,9-18.42 for $9,175. He was bidding for the R. F. and K. Company of Danville. A. Blackard bought a truck and | a few niiscellaneous articles, pay ing $81 for them. Seven mules sold for $535. There were no bids on two, which were ten years old. The fixtures in the dry goods department sold for $865. The Charlotte Salvage Company was the high bidder for these. A. Black ard bought the grocery depart ment and office fixtures, paying $165 and $710 respectively for them. The total sales amounted to Sft5,093.50, which was considered much below their value. The sale is subject to the confirmation of the court on Thursday, August 4. The purchasers will be given until August 15 to remove the property. It was stated Friday that the store has been rented and will be open for business this fall% Discusses China Rev. W. C. Gumming Tells of Mission Work In Foreign Fields Rev. W*. C. Cuming, a former \ pastor of the Presbyterian church here, but who has recently return- j ed from the war area of China where he was serving as a mis sionary, made a very impressive talk at the union service held at the Methodist church Sunday eve ning. In spite of the downpour of rain that came about the hour for the service, a goodly crowd was present to hear Rev. Mr. Cum ming’s address on “What Has Happened In China.” The speaker told of some of the results of the mission work in China. He said that it was through the influence of the missionaries that the custom of binding the feet of the little girls had been almost entirely discontinued. Only in the most backward rural sec tions are the arches of a girl's feet broken and the toes doubled back under her heel, as was for merly the custom all over China. The first missionaries, refused to take the girls into the schools un til their feet had been unbound, and gradually the custom fell into disuse. Another thing that came to China as a result of the teach ing of the missionaries was the prohibition of opium in that coun try. The opium evil was a curse to the Chinese and conditions have been better there''since prohibition was introduced. One of the most far-reaching* effects of the work of the missionaries there was the spoken language of the people. In China there are two languages, the spoken and the written. Only the educated people understand the written language, and the mis sionaries desired to put the Bible into a language that all could un derstand, so, in spite of the jeers of the Chinese scholars, they trans lated it into the spoken language. Since then newspapers have been printed in this language, and much of the new literature is in the translating of the Bible into the • (Turn. tt» P»J?e four please) I. One In A Million Sytvianna Maxwell, honor student At Washburn college, Topeka, Kas., (s normal except that her heart is on the right side of her body,—which occurs possibly once in a million per sons, physicians say. Another Record Trip On No. 10 Expect T oOover The Route From West To East In Less Time Than Houghton SYLVA, July 30.—An attempt to cross Route 10, “North Caro lina’s Main Street,” between dawn and dusk, reversing the recent sue^ cessful tour of R. T. Roughton, will be hiade Tuesday by two lo cal men who plan to leave the Georgia-Carolina line, ten miles be yond Murphy and reach Morehcad City by 7:40 p. in. The schedule rails for making the journey of neatly COO^niles in one hour and 13 minutes less than Roughton and a representative of the Carolina Motor club spanned the state on July 15. Roughton left Morehead City at 4:05 a. m. and arrived at the state line at 7:58 p. m. eastern standard time. Schedule for the trip follows: Georgia-Carolina line 5 a. m.; Murphy 5:16; Andrews 5:35; Bry son City 6:40; Waynesvillc 7:45; Asheville 8:40; Black Mountain, 0:45; Old Fort 9:25; Marion 9:45; Morganton 10:20; Hickory 10:5,3; Newton 11:10; Statesville 11:58; Salisbury 12:40 p. m.; Lexington 1:05; Thomasvillc 1:21; High Point 1:32; Greensboro 2; Bur lington 2:35; Durham 3:25; Ral eigh 4:05; Smithfield 4:50; Golds boro 5:20; Kinston 5:50; New Bern 6:45; Morehead City 7:40. P. B. STEVENS LOSES FINE TOBACCO BARN Mr. Z. L. Taitnn, of the San ders Chapel section, was in the city yesterday and told of a fire in his section yesterday morning between ten and eleven o’clock when a new tobacco barn belonging to Mr. P. B. Stevens was burned to the ground. The barn had just been completed and the first tobacco cured in this barn was beind cured out when it caught fire and was beyond con trol before it could be extinguish ed. The barn was very full and the tobacco was said to be the best from Mr. Stevens’ crop. The loss was estimated at seven hun dred dollars. There was no insur ance. Insurance Agents at Holt Lake. ! Mr. Julian, State Manager for the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, Mr. Tucker, agtent of Wilson, Amos Walston, local agent, j were hosts to the employes of ,this company in the Raleigh dis jtriet at a barbecue dinner at Holt 'Lake Saturday. About twenty-five | were present to enjoy the splen did repast, the bathing and boat ing* which this popular lake resort affords. Orphans at Pine Level. Pine Level, Aug. 1.—On Friday night, August 5, the orphan sing ling class from the Middlesex Or phanage will g*ive a musical con cert at the Freewill Baptist church [here. The public is cordially in jvited to attend. County S.S.Ass’n To Meet In Kenly Program To Be Featured By Talks By Well Known Sun. day School Workers; Date, August 25 and 26 It is announced by officers of • he Johnston County Sunday School Association that the an nual county Sunday school conven tion will be held on Thursday and Friday, August 25 and 26, in the Presbyterian church, Kenly. Taking part on the program will be the following well known Sunday school workers: Miss Flora Davis, Raleigh, Associate Superintendent of the North Car olina Sunday School Association, and Miss lone Alverson Raleigh. Young People’s Division Superin tendent of the North Carolina Sun day School Association. In addi tion to these outside speakers, sev eral of the best known Sunday school workers in the county will have parts on the prog-ram. ■ The convention is inter-denominational, and w-orkers from all Sunday schools in the county are invited to participate in the work. The Johnston County Sunday School Association, under whose direction, the convention is being held, is : one of the units of the North Car olina Sunday School Association. Each of the 100 counties in the state is now organized into a county Sunday school association. In charge of the arrangements for the convention are C. E. Younger and Miss Margaret Eth eridge, presdient and secretary ofN the county Sunday school associa tion. These officers are requesting |the cooperation of all pastors, sup erintendents and other Sunday school leader^ in the effort to .make the convention a success. Following a custom inaugurated several years ago, the officers have announced that again this year a pennant will be presented to the, Sunday school having in the con vention the largest number of rep resentatives, sixteen years of age and over, according to the num ber of miles traveled. It is ex pected that there will be much friendly competition for the pen nant aifttong the Sunday schools of the county. HAIL CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE IN SAMPSON CLINTON, July 29.—Great field*: of cotton, tobacco and corn lie^ devastated today in the southern portion of Sampson county and many persons are working dili gently repairing roofs of dwellings and removing uprooted trees from the highways tts a result of a ter rific hail and windstorm which visited lower Sampson yesterday. Today at noon parties from that section of the county were in Clin ton with large buckets full ^f hail ranging in size from small marbles ;to walnuts. Many reliable farm- n and planters stated that smoe hail j stones were larger than eggs. The hail stripped tobacco leaves fro in. the stalks and fodder from the corn and leaves and bolls fr-.-.n cotton. This afternoon fields of lonely cotton stalks could be found throughout the storm area and in many places where the hail hud drifted ice was still seen. Tobacco which yesterday represented one of the finest crops ever- produced in that section was this afternoon pronounced a total loss. Corn crops represent a partial loss. Watch your label AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— “Dey haz a puddle-jumpin’ cy»» but mi’ ole mail iz waitin’ J«r ! tax dodger,”