Sf? Make Your Plans TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO —IN— SMITHFIELD THIS SEASON “It’s just a little highere here” VOLUME 45—NO. G7 IE IT’S FOR THE GOOD OE JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S . FOR IT. ! I $2.00 PER YEAR Criminal Court Comes To Close judge Grady, Presiding Judge Receives Appointment to preside Over Special Term In September The August term of Superior court was virtually closed here on Friday afternoon of last week, but due to a tied jury in the case (f state vs. Walter Hathaway, the judge and solicitor remained over until Saturday morning when the jury was withdrawn and a mistrial ordered. During the week Judge Grady leceivcd a commission from Gov ernor McLean appointing him as judge to preside over the Septem ber special term which will con vene here on September 12. The following cases disposed of here last week were not reported in these columns: negro of Smithfield, entered a plea of guilty of forgery, and was as signed to work eight months on the roads of Johnston county. Matt Hughes, a white man of O’Neals township, entered a plea of guilty of driving a car while drunk. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost, and upon the condition that the defendant will not oper ate a motor vehicle again in North Carolina for a period of twelve months unless he be accompanied on the same seat by some adult person. H. B. Odum, a white man of Boon Hill, contested an indictment ag-ain j st him charging embezzlement. He was found guilty, fined $50, and taxed with the cost of the action. A true bill of burglary was re turned ngainsst Roosevelt Bullock, and his case was continued until the next term of court. He was held under a $2,000 bond. Charlie Richardson, jointly char ged with George Baines, negroes of Wilders township, was convict ed of house breaking- and larceny. He was assigned to work on the roads of 00 days. Barnes had not been apprehended and his case was continued. W. Jasper Godwin, a white man of Clayton, was convicted of pos sessing whiskey in violation of the prohibition laws. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost, the suspended judgment to remain in force for ten years from the date of this term. W. II. Corbett, a white man of Selma, charged with embezzlement, waived jury trial and entered a plea of nolo contendre. Judgment of the court was that he pay the cost, make complete restoration of nil money embezzled and serve a 1 term of four months in the state prison at hard labor. Walter Smith, a negro of Wil son’s Mills, was tried and convict ed of highway robbery. He was sentenced to serve eight months on the roads of Johnston county. P. F. King, charged with as sault with deadly weapon, was call ed and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. David McLamb, charged with assault with deadly weapon, was called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. , The case against John Dave Phillips, charged with violation of the prohibition laws, was continu ed to the next term of court. Beatrice Holland, a white wom an of Kenly, was in court on ap peal from Recorder’s court. She entered a plea of nolo contendre 0,1 a charge of vagrancy and was committed to jail for a term of 4 Turn to page eight, please) Tantalizer Thore are exactly enough let I rs in tlie lino below to spell ii iname, °.f.a P^son >n Smith ' anurch intruder Is Cornered Near County Line * ■ The unidentified negro, who Sun- I day night in Clayton shot up a negro church service, appearing j just outside the church with two pistols and breaking up the serv- | ice by his shots and yelling and < then fired five times at the Clay- 1 ton policeman who chased him, disappearing into the woods out- I side of the town, is thoug-ht to j be cornered in the brush near Mt. Moriah church just below the Johnston county line. Wake county officers have join ed with Johnston county forces in an effort to capture the negro. The negro is described as six feet tall, dark-brown and weighing about 1(50 pounds. When last seen he was wearing lumber-jacket light trousers and leggings. Popular Couple Wed In St. Pauls Miss Murphy Hall Becomes Bridge of Rev. Chester Alexander of This City A wedding of much interest to - many people throughout both the ; Caroiinas was solemnized at St. : iPauls Presbyterian church Wed Inescay evening at 8 o’clock when ! Miss Murphy Hall, of St. Pauls, became the bride of Rev. Chester Alexander, of SmithlieM. The church was beautifully dec orated with long leaf pines, ferns, jivy and asters, mingled with white tapers which when lighted cast a isoft glow over the setting, j A musical program was render ed before the ceremony. Mrs. H. [Ik Ashley, of Red Springs, pre sided at the piano. She was v.'rtss jed in blue taffeta, i Mr. Rollin Covington, of Red Springs, sang “At Dawning” with [Mrs. Ashley at the piano and Mr. Roland Brown on the violin. ! The bridal chorus from the | “Rose Maiden” by Cowan, was sung by twelve girl friends of the bride. They were dressed in pastel shades of taffeta and entered as follows: Miss Grace Breeden, rf Red Springs with Miss Elizabeth McGeachy, of St. Pauls; Miss Sa rah Howard, of St. Pauls, with Mrs. Clifton Adams, of Red Springs; Miss Katherine Deaton, of Mooresville with Miss Tommie Fisher, of St. Pauls; Miss Grayce C aud-ell with Miss Ola McNeill, both of St. Pauls; Miss Louise iMcCallum, of Maxton, with Miss | Elizabeth Hartman, of St. Pauls; Mrs. Frank Caudell with Miss [Grace Butler, both of St. Pauls. [ Following the chorus, Mrs. W. [A. Nutting, of St. Pauls, dressed in peach georgette trimmed with j rhinestones, in Her most charming manner sang “The Sweetest Story Every Told.” To the strains of Lohengrin’s bridal chorus the bridal party en tered as follows: Rev. W. L. Foley, of St. Pauls, and Rev. Cary Adams, of Rox boro, entered and took their places at the altar. j Next came the ushers Mr. Ed ward Butler and Mr. Duncan Mc lEaehern, both of St. Pauls; Dr. W. |J. B. Orr, and Mr. Roger Smith, I both of Smithfield. The groomsmen, Mr. William Sanders, of Smithfield, and Rev. Gus Summers, of Kenly, came 1 1 1 ! ■ I next. Next came the bridesmaids, Miss Elizabeth McDonald, of St. Pauls, and Miss Mabel McDonald, of Rose boro. Their dresses were fashion ed alike of georgette, elaborately beaded and handpainted. The for mer wore orchid r.r.d the latter green, with silver slippers and hose to match. They carried arm bou quets of roses and asters. Mrs. Ruffin Powers, of St. Pauls, sister of the bride, was dame of honor and entered alone after the bridesmaids. She wore a dress of rose georgette trimmed in moire ribbon, silver slippers and hose to match. She carried a shower bou quet of roses and asters. Miss Florabel McGoogan, of St. Pauls, maid of honor, entered next, wearing yellow1 georgette with yellow satin ^slippers and hose. She carried a shower bou (Turo to back page, please) Fail To Find Any Trace Of Fliers Mighty Pacific Continues Tc Hold Secret of Tragedy That Engulfed Aviators En Route To Hawaii WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.— The Navy will continue until Thursday its search in the Pa cific ocean for the lost San Francisco to Hawaii aviators, it was announced today. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug*. 21.— (AP)—The vast Pacific Ocean con tinued today to hold fast the fate jf the seven who dared to fly over its thousands of miles of water from the shores of California to the islands of Hawaii. Despite all the resources of the Army, the Navy, the scores of steamships plying the great swell ng sea, all the hopes and pray ?rs of relatives, friends and the ■vorld that pays tribute to brave effort, there was no word to indi “ate whether the ocean had claim 'd them or they were still afloat, vaiting for rescue. HIVE DAYS PASS. Five days had passed since the Golden Eagle and the Miss Doran, taring their four courageous men ind one woman, had roared away rom the crowded Oakland airport hat cheered them to win glory tnd the prizes offered by James ). Dole for the first and second danes to cross 2,400 miles of the Pacific. Nor has anything* been heard of 5ilot Jack Frost and Navigator lordon Scott, of Los Angeles, of he Golden Eagle, nor from Miss Mildred Doran, the beautiful young chool teacher who bravely shared he dangers of John Auggy Pedlar md Lieutenant V. . Knope, who uloted and navigated the plane lamed in her honor. I'HIRI) PLANE MISSING. Two days had g*one by since ■aptain William P. Erwin, of Dal as, Texas, and Alvin II. Eich caldt, of Alameda, Cal., with the ourage that laughed in the face f death, flew out to sea to search he waves along the whole route o Honolulu for traces of those vho had preceded them. From heir plane, the Dallac Spirit, they radioed the gay messages to riends and the jests of men go ng light heartedly on a g*reat ad enture. And through the GOO miles of .ir came their SOS piercing the light which overspread the ocean, t was at 9:02 p. m. Friday: JRAMATIC MESSAGE. “We went into a tail spin— 5 0 S—we came out of it, but k’ere sure scared. It was a close all. We thought it was all off, but ve came out of it. The lights on he instrument board went out and t was so dark that Bill couldn’t ee the. . . .we are in another— ; O S—” That was the last heard from Erwin and Eichwaldt—Erwin, hol ler of the Distinguished Service dedal for heroic service for his ountry in France during* the war >f nations, and Eichwaldt, the roung navigator whose hand on he telegraph key sent the mes ages that will show others how o die to aid their fellows. Scores of ships of the Navy con inued today to flow the sea in the earch for the brave seven. The iners parting the waves between he mainland and the islands main ained their ceaseless vigil. Out rom the Golden Gate of Califor lia soared Army planes, working vith those catapaulted from the decks of the airplane carriers ^angley and Aroostook, and, far >ut in the Pacific other Army and \Tavy planes spread their w’ing*s >ver the waters of Hawaii. CHAPLIN SUIT IS SETTLED Los Angeles, Aug. 22.—Lita Grey Chaplin was granted an interloctutory decree of di vorce from Charles Spencer Chaplin* moving picture actor, after brief testimony in Su perior Court here today to es tablish a routine charge of cruelty. There’s no harm in women tak ing part in public affairs if. yoii eally want the affairs to be. pub lic. Evelyn Britt Arrested On Charge of Assault DURHAM, Aug. 21.—Evelyn Britt, who gained notoriety from figuring in the incidents which re sulted in the death of L. d. For sythe, of Raleigh, was yesterday arrested on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Clem Warren, who charg ed that Evelyn assaulted her. The case will be heard in recorder’s court Monday morning*. It was charged that Evelyn tried to pull Mrs. Warren out of a car, tore portions of her clothing off and struck her in the face. The as sault is said to have been commit ted Friday night. The trouble is understood to have been caused by Mrs. Warren’s objecting to Ev elyn’s encouraging Mrs. Warren’s brother to pay her attentions. Miss Britt is out on bond await- j ing trial in Johnston county for the part which she is alleged to have had in the death of For sythe. Methodists Will Erect S. S. Annex Building Will Contain Base ment. Two Assembly Halls and Eighteen Class Rooms The new rooms to be used in connection with the Methodist Sunday school will soon be a reali ty, the excavating for the basement having been commenced a few days ago. They will be located at the back of the church. Plans for the new building* have not been completed, but a two story brick structure containing a large basement, two assembly halls, and eighteen class rooms is to be erected. Work on the build ing is expected to begin soon after September 10. R. C. Gillett, of the building committee, states that those de siring the dirt which is being re moved from the basement may have any quantity free of charge, provided they haul it away. Plans for this addition to the Methodist church have been under way for some time, and the com pletion of the building will be awaited eagerly by the over-crowd ed Sunday school. ORGANIZE THE FARM FOR BEST PROFITS RALEIGH, Aug. 22.—It is pos sible to so organize the farm bus iness that it mav return the own er the grille ;t profits. Such is :n the street about the drug* store, and over there on that bench on ;h the court square is another,” *eplied his informer. “No thank you. I’m looking for iome young fellow who has been vorking at most anything while vaiting for this opportunity to *ome along. The fellow I want iasn’t been idling useful minutes iway twiddling his thumbs until he big moment came.” “Sorry,” the would-be informer itated, “but all the young fellows >f the type you seem to want are ill working, so far as we know, at something else.” “Well, go ahead and name a few >f the working boys you know. >oys you believe deserve a better ob. Somewhere in the bunch is he boy I’m looking* for. And if fou can’t think of one tell me all he boys from the country who lave graduated in recent years at he high school here. I do not mean four town boys are no good, but he man I want will have to be in letter training than that received iy riding the range and benches vith the drug store cowboys and ie'11 have to have more stamina ;han that required for an all-night lance.”—Shelby Star. Poultry Meeting Friday. Members, of the Johnston Coun :y Poultry Association and all who are interested in raising chickens are reminded of the meeting to be held Friday afternoon at 3 ^’clock at the home of Mrs. D. J. Wellons near Holt Lake. Poultry specialists from State College will be present and give a culling lemonstration. A picnic supper will be served at Holt Lake, and every body is asked to carry lunch. Boll Weevil Make Ravages. J. B. Coates of Clayton, route 3, was in town Saturday. He had with him two stalks of cotton from his cotton field, which showed the ravages which the boll weevil is making. His stalks were as high as one’s head and should have had about twenty-five bolls of cotton each. Instead one stalk had only one matured boll, the other hav ing about five. Now Leading In Republican “Booming” r™ ' ,, T1'r ,TV ,,'ranlt <> I of m,noi~intI Commerce Herbert Hoover, who now enjoy the biggest bomm n/ ,hl Repubbcan Presidential nomination. The third hefw bwmTor forme? Wlary of State. Charles Evans Hughes, was nipped early by Mr Hnghcs himself, who declines to allow his name to be considered. Several Arrests Saturday Night Johnston County Officers Kept Busy Bringing In Vio lators of the eLaw Johnston county officers were kept busy Saturday night making raids and arrests. Deputies T. E. Talton, C. C. Hathaway, W. W. Stewart and R. E. Holt, of Smithfield, Chief J. H. Griffin, of Selma, Jasper Beasley, of Wilson’s Mills, Lester Parker and Mr. Hockaday, of Benson, went to Beulah township Saturday night to search the home of John Earp. A small quantity of whiskey was found, and Earp and his brother were arrested on a charge of pos session of whiskey for the purpose of sale. They were brought here to jail, but gave bond late Sunday afternoon and were released. Their bonds were fixed at $200 each. After the officers returned from Beulah, they found a car parked beside the road between here and Selma* Two brothers, Carl and Walter Wallace, of Goldsboro, were in the car, but being too drunk to drive it, had parked the car by the side of the road. They were arrested and brought here where they remained under lock and key until yesterday morning when they were tried in the may or’s court for being drunk and disorderly. They were fined five dollars each and taxed with the1 Later Saturday night the same j officers captured a Ford roadster j which was abandoned as they ap-' proached it. The occupants desert ed the car and ran, but because of j the darkness, the officers could not tell whether the fugitives were white or colored. The car was searched for whiskey, but none was 1 found. However, it was being driv-1 *n without a license plate. The car was brought to Smithfield and turned over to the sheriff.* j Late Saturday night Lester Par ker arrested W. L. Stewart, of New Bern, who was being sought, by New Bern authorities on a j charge of embezzlement. He was arrested in Benson and w*as brought to Smithfield where he] remained in jail until yesterday] morning when he was claimed by; officers from New Bern. j Worley Reunion. Princeton, Aug. 19.—The an- i nual family reunion of Mr. Geo.' W. Worley was held at the home of the eldest son, Mr. Dewitt L.' Worley, near Princeton, Sunday, August 14. 1 Under the shade of the beautiful trees a long table was spread con taining a vast supply of barbecue, chicken and other good things that fairly made the spectators laugh behind their ears. Later the crowd was called to take a part with the bounteous repast that lay be fore all. ' The children and their families present were: Mrs. Lillie Sasser, of Pikeville; Mrs. W. J. PerkinS, of Goldsboro; Mr. Dewitt Worley, Mrs. Carl F. Grantham and Mr. Alkie Worley, all of Princeton. Oth er relatives and friends of the Worley family numbered 21. The day was well spent and en joyed by all. Everyone left with a sincere wish for Mr. Geo. W. Wor ley many more happy reunions. Smithfield Hotel Changes Hands A. R. Gordy of Selina Has Rented Local Hotel and Will Open It S^pt. 1st A. R. Gordy, proprietor of the Brick Hotel, Selma, has recently leased the Smithfield Hotel and will open it to the public on Sep tember 1. The dining room which has !>een closed since Christmas, will je opened and meals served again. Mi*, and Mrs. Gordy have been in :he hotel business for years. They have been with the Brick Hotel in Selma since it opened several years ago. They will have associated with them their daughter and son in-liaw, Mr. and Mfrs. Price of Selma. While Smithfield welcomes these lew citizens it is with reluctance :hat it gives up Mi*, and Mrs. R. II. Alford, who have been with :he local hotel for the past twelve ir fifteen years. They are leaving iext week for Cleveland, Ohio, where they will make their home. Since coming here Mr. and Mrs. Alford have been prominent in ihe social and religious life of SmithfielcJ. They have also been most faithful workers at Com munity Presbyterian church near lere since its organization six or seven years ago. Lo On the Warpath. Chief Eagle Feather, the Indian jwning the Ookomis Indian Res ervation, wishes to announce that :he charges of maintaining a nuis ince, and the proproganda origi nating from same is false. As for padlocking of the Council House Pavilion, there is no law in the state of Indiana prohibiting danc ng-, and the pavilion will be open is usual. The public is invited— nut tie your mule on the outside. Since I have owned the Indian Reservation, I have been bawled nut, held up, held down, bull-doz i»d, black jacked, walked on, cheat ed, squeezed and mooched. I have been stuck for war tax, poll tax, auto tax, road tax, gas Lax, dog tax, and syntax, liberty bonds, baby bonds, and bonds of Matrimony, red cross, green cross, and the double cross; asked to help the Wr. C. T. U., Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A.; boy scouts, Rile> Memorial, Society of John the Baptist, G. A. R. Women’s Reliel corpse, Men’s Relief and Stomach Relief. •, Princess Silver Heels and I with our attorneys will leave for Ind ianopolis today where we will con fer with State’s attorneys.—Browi County (Ind.) Democrat. -•— REV. A. L. BROWN TO HOLD REVIVAL AT SARDI! Revival services will begin at th« Sardis Baptist church next Sun day, August 28, continuing abou ten days. Rev. A. L. Brown, pasto of the Four Oaks Baptist church has been engaged to do the preach ing. Brother B|rown comes we! recommended as an evangelisti g*os$el preacher. The general put lie is cordially invited to thes services. The church and pastor es pecially desiro the cooperation c the Christians of the community Come and let’s make it a con: |munity revival for the saving c | the lost in our midst. 1 JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor. Col. Wiley Person Withdraws Suit Insufficient Ground For Suit Against Cotton Growers Cooperative Association RALEIGH, Aug. 19.—This was confirmed today at the Cotton Growers Association headquarters and the following statement issu ed by General Manager U. B. Bla lock in reg-ard to the withdrawal: Colonel Person withdraws his suit and his many unsupported charges against the Cotton Grow ers Association. This suit of Col onel Person's against the Cotton Growers Association has proven to be one of the greatest legal farces anyone has ever attempted to pull off in the courts of North Caro lina. There was never any occasion for this suit and no basis or foun dation for it except in the brain of Colonel Person. “It seems to us that if Colonel Person was sincere in his attack against the Cotton Glowers Asso ciation, he should now publicly an nounce the withdrawal of his suit and acknowledge that there was no foundation for his attack again st the Cotton Association. A fifty thousand dollar fee was suggested by the Colonel against the Tobacco Association. He was actually /paid five thousand* dol lars out of the funds belonging to the tobacco growers but he will not receive one five cents of the re serve funds of the cotton grower. Our first year's reserve fund has already been returned to our mem bers. Our reserves for the years of 11)23, 1924 and 1925 will be return ed to our members within the next J thirty days and would very prob ably have been returned to the membership thirty days earlier if this very much uncalled for and unjust suit against the association had not been standing against us as a matter of court record. “It is hardly necessary for us to say that this suit and the trump ed up charges of Colonel Person against the Cotton Association have done us untold damage. The fact that he had something to do with the placing of the Tobacco Association in the hands of a re ceiver naturally caused some of our members, and non-members for that matter, to look upon us, if not with suspicion, with at least a “waiting attitude” to see what might develop from this suit. If it is gratifying to Colonel Person to know that Vie has greatly damag ed us by his^ unjust attack then he is welcome to it. vvnen uoionei rersons iamous questionnaire was propounded to us we advised our attorneys thai* we were ready to answer eyery question propounded with the ex ception of one and that wras that we did not propose to give out for publication a list of our customers. This would be unbusiness-like and unethical. “In justice to our membership we wish to state that Colonel Person could only secure one lone client out of our whole membership to be used as his ‘tool' in bringing this suit. Among the many affidavits which we were holding in readi ness to present to the court, if a hearing could have been had, are one from a brother and one from a brother-in-law of Colonel Per son’s lone client, W. H. W. Holder from Harnett county, completely refuting his charges and condemn ing his actions.” The 1927 corn crop is said to be very poor. The liquid form has been that way for some time. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—. TYTTSgL I’ll be a seeing of you*