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IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
VOLl'ME 15—NO. 70
SMITHFIELD. N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 2. 1927
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Local School In
County System
Consolidation Means
Lowering the Low
ering of Taxes
" The program of school consoli
dation in Johnston county was fur
thered a hit more this week when
the board of trustees of the
Smithfield Graded School district
voted unanimously to make that
district a part <)f the county school
system. For several years this
matter has been discused from
time to time, and it has been the
concensus of opinion that at the
proper time the Smithfield school
would take this step. That mom
ent seems to hive arrived, in the
opinion of the members of the
school board, and accordingly a pe
tition has been sent to the County
Board of Education. This action bn
the part of the Smithfield school
board will permit the consolidation
of adjoining school districts that
might wish to be served by the
Smithfield .school. At the same time
t has been pointed out, it will not
make for a consolidation program
that will be unwieldy.
The result that is of importance :
^ second only to the maintaining of
the efficiency of the school is the
lowering of taxes in this district.
The county budget has not yet
been approved by the County I
Board of Commissioners, but it is
a sate estimate that the tax rate
will be lowered at least twenty
cents on the hundred dollars worth
of property this year, with the
possibility of lowering it still more
after a year or two. Due to the
fact that taxes have not all been
collected, the district owes $5,000
at the hank which makes it neces
sary to keep the rate high enough
to insure the payment of this
sum.
The County Superintendent
states that there will be practical
ly no change in the management f
the school except that the county
superintendent’s office will take
^ver all clerical work. All vouch
ers will hereafter be approved in
that office.
The surrendering of the special
charter auton^itically terminates
the terms of office of the members
of the school board, but the Board
of Education will duly appoint five
members, in all probability the
same persons now serving- in that
capacity, who are as follows: J. A.
Wellons, W. N. Holt, D. H. Creech,
Dr. A. II. Rose and Mrs. T. J. Las
siter.
^ith the merging of the Smith
field district with the county sys
tem, only one district remains out
of the county system—that of
Benson. Selma, which was a
special chartered district entered i
the county plan two years ago I
and Clayton which also operated
under a special charter made peti- j
tion several months ago;
The Alfords Move To Cleveland.
*Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Alford, their 1
daughters, Misses Louise and Es- j
ther left Wednesday for Cleveland
where they will make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alford have operat
ed the hotel here for a number of
years and will be greatly missed
from our midst as will their in
teresting family. They have taken
an act>ve part in church work and
Jheir places in that realm will be
hard to fill. Miss Mary Biglow,
theh' guest, accompanied them to
Cleveland where she will stay for
a few days, and then she and Miss
ouise Alford will return to New
orh City to take up their work
as trained nurses.
Advertise in the Heralu
lls name last issue.
Todays -ranuilwr:
Archio Hinnant recogni;
recognized
ogerpirohjess
Scythe Champion
Walter Stickney, 65, of Hollis,,
won the New Hampshire mowinic
tit c from a hip pro up of younper
entries hy cutting ,i quarter acre in
o mm. 3% sec. in the annual fea
ture at Durham, N H
Appeal fs Taken
In Road Matter
Supreme Court Will Rule
Concerning Loan Made by
Johnston County to Mate
Highway Commission
Some time ago in the matter )f
the proposed Henderson-Clinton
highway the county commissioners,
the Johnston County Highway Com
mission concurring, contracted with
the State Highway Commission to
extend time for payment of the
loan by Johnston county to the
State Highway Commission for
§500,000 in consideration of the
State Highway Commission taking
over and constructing a sand clay,
oil treated road through Johnston
county. This road would come into
the county at some point on route
00 in the vicinity of Zehulon, would
extend to some point in route 22
north of Selma, then to the over
head crossing of the A .C. L. near
Holt Lake to the Johnstori-Samp
son line in the direction of Clin
ton. Citizens of Benson brought
a restraining order against the
Johnston county board of commis
sioners and ihe State Highway
Commission enjoining 'thist con
tract. This matter was heard some
time in the spring before his
honor, Judge W. C. Harris, and
the injunction was dissolved. Un
der this order the State Highway
Commission agreed to retire $130,
000 in shot term notes which were
due and payable in October, 1027,
and to repay the additional $370,
000 at such time or times as John
ston county’s pro rata share of
highway funds for construction
purposes derived from any source,
should be available.
It was thought that this mat
ter was settled, but information
now comes to this office that an
appeal to the:* Supreme court has
been perfected and that the hear
ing will bq conducted in Raleigh
in the neaf future, probably week
after next/
CUM BF.RLA N D’S FIRST
BALK SOLI) WEDNESDAY
FAYE'fTEVILLE, Am. 31.—The
first bale! of 1927 cotton was sold
here today by W. J. McMillan, who
farms pear Wade in Cumberland
county. It brought 25 cents and was
bought' by the E. J. Wells com
pany. i
Freewill Baptist.
! Sunaay school Sunday morning
at 9:30 o’clock, C. J. Thomas, sup
erintendent. Church service Sun
day night, at 7:30 o’clock. Prayer
meeting* Wednesday night at 7:3C
, o’clock. Freewill Baptist League
Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock
Subject '.for the evening “Believing
on Jesu.4.” Everyone is invited tc
^attend tfiese meetings.
rexan Predicts
30 Cent Cotton
Aright Edmundson Write
About The Crop in Texas;
Estimates Yield at Not
Over Four Million Bales
Wright Edmundson, manager of
ales, Archenhold Automobile Sup
>Iy Company of Waco, Texas, is
n close touch with the cotton sit
lation in Texas and, knowing the
nterests of his native county of
.'ohnston, has sent us an account
■t some of his observations in the
Empire State. Mr. Edmundson
“From observation and careful
investigation for the past four or
live weeks, consulting the best au
thorities, I find that the deteriora
tion in the cotton crop of Texas is
ariously estimated in the last 15
■ >r 20 days to be from 15 to 25
per cent, or a loss of nearly a mil
lion bales.
“I have been on the road, trav
eling in an automobile over prac
tically all the cotton growing sec
tion, and can frankly say that I
have never observed so wide a de
terioration in my entire 35 years
in Texas.
“The 12-inch rainfall in June,
when we should have had moder
ately dry weather, followed by
eight weeks drought, has wrought
havoc with the crop. A good per
cent of the plant has died from
what is termed ‘root rot,’ but real
ly my opinion is that the plant
failed to develop a tap root on
account of the excessive rain in
June, followed by extremely hot
weather and winds drying the soil
so quickly that it did not have
time to develop sufficient tap root
to withstand the hot summer.
“With continued dry weather un
til the 15th or 20th of September,
cotton will practically all be gath
ered. There is quite a wide differ
ence* in opinion regarding the ef-;
fects of a good rain on the crop. !
The consensus of opinion is that
it would damage the crop now
open more than the increase in
production would amount to. I
find that about 75 per cent of the
farmers consulted are against rain.
“Texas usually produces about
one-third of the entire cotton crop
of the South, and if she maintains
this record the 1927 crop will be
below 13 million bales, or some
thing near a million bales short of
last] Government’s report, which
was a fraction less than fcfefrteen
and a half.
“I would say that the average
production for Texas this year will
be something like a bale to be
tween five and six acres. If this
is a correct estimate the Texas
crop should be round three and
three-quarter million. Even taking
a more optimistic view of the con
dition, I do not see how it could
possibly exceed four million bales,
with something near six million in
! 1926.
“With the increased world’s de
mands, cotton should sell for 30
cents per pound. No doubt, the
sinners’ reports will come in pret
ty heavy as there will be a larger
per cent of the crop gathered by ;
the first of September than any I
time in our history, I would place!
condition of the crop of our sec
tion at this time not above 60* last
Government’s report G9.
“If the farmers of the country
were not in such financial straits,
they could demand 30 or 35 cents
for their crop and get it. As has
been the case, however, for many
years, they usually owe accounts
and bank notes falling due in Sep
tember and October, and the spec
ulators of the country keep their
hand on the pulse of the farmers
and realize their true condition,
and the larger part of the cotton
is what we would term ‘distress
stuff.’ In other words, the far
mer is not in position to hold, but
is forced to sell to satisfy these
obligations. I hope this condition
will change within the next few
years and they will be in a posi
tion to, in a measure, have some
thing to say about the price they
receive for their product.”
BRINGS LARGE POTATO
Mr. N. C. Massengil, of San
ders Chapel, was in town yester
day and gave the Herald office h
call. He brought an unusually big
potato which weig*hs five and a
half pounds. It is of the Porto
Rico variety.
Kansas Cow Sets New Milk Record
Tw'dvc gallons of milk a day, or more than triple her
ing the last four weeks, is the record of the Holstein cov
R. P. Brou,-n of Columbus, Kas. Her average has been
day. She.weighs 900 pounds.
weight dur
v owned by
96 lbs. per
Benson Ready For
Live Stock Show
More Than a Thousand Dol
lars Is Offered In Premiums
—Midway to Furnish
Amusement
BENSON, Ag. 31.—Indications
are that the tri-county livestock
and poultry exposition, scheduled
for Benson September 20, 21, 22,
23, the only exclusive show of its
kind in the state, will be a great
sucees® This exposition is being
sponsored by the branch office of
the Eastern Carolina chamber of
commerce at Benson which includes
the counties of Sampson, Johnston
ard Harnett. _ Nothing hut livgv
stock, poultry and accessories inci
dent to thi<? big industry will be
admitted to compete for prizes.
More than $1,000 is offered in
premiums. The entries will be lim
ited to these three counties ar.d
the object the exposition as
stated by Secretary-Manager Bart
lett of the Eastern Carolina cham
ber of commerce is to further
stimulate interest in the livestock
program for these three counties
in the heart of the cotton belt
of North Carolina. The boll weevil
this year is demonstrating beyond
the shadow of a doubt that he had
just as soon take North Carolina’s
cotton as the cotton in any other
state and this fact has eliminated
from the minds of reasonable peo
ple that no longer can this section
depend on cotton as the only money
The livestock and poultry expo
sition is to be educational, yet at
the same time furnish, enough
amusements to entertain the big
crowds while they are there. A
great aggregation of free acts has
been hooked together with a large
collection of clean shows to amuse
the thousands who will attend dur
ing the four days. Permanent ex
position grounds are being equip
ped and everything will he in
readiness on the opening day.
Watch this paper for announce
ments of the full program.
STEVENS & OGBURN'S NEW
GIN PLANT COMPLETED
The new gin plant erected by
Stevens & Ogburn is now’ coipplet
ed and will be ready for business
next week. The gin, which is
brand new throughout, is a new
Huller Brest Continental Brush
gin, with a cleaner-separator that
takes all trash out of the cotton.
It is operated by electricity, and
is equipped in every way to give
up-to-date service.
J. V. Ogburn of the firm, Stev
ens & Ogburn, will manage the gin
operations, and Mr. Stanley, who
has had eleven years experience
in ginning, will be ginner.
The gin is conveniently located,
being next door to J. W. Daugh
try’s store near the depot. A gal
vanized iron seed and fertilizer
house next, to the cotton platform
at the station has just been com
pleted which will be quite conven
jient. The gin has a set of scales
| long enough to weigh the team
and wagon.
Baptist Church.
Rev. S. L. Morgan, who has
jbeen holding a revival at his old
|home church in Virginia, will be
.back in the city for his Sunday
I services. There will be preaching
by him Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock and again Sunday evening
iat eight.
Princess In Plane
On Westward Trip
62-Y ear-Old Woman Is Pas
senger In Airplane At
tempt ing Flight From Eng
land To America
LONDON, Aug. 31.—(AP)—The
Imperial Airways company has in
formed the Westminister (lazette
of the receipt of a message timed
9:30 p. m. stating that the St.
Raphael was still flying. Where
abouts of the plane were not men
tioned nor was the source of the
message indicated.
The plane was first reported
over the coast of Wales, 150 miles
away, at 9:20. Various other points
sighted her, for the plane was fly
ing low' and finally she passed over
Inverin, 370 miles from the start, a
few minutes after noon.
i*' ' -
UPAVON, Eng., Aug. 31.—(AP)
—While others waited for the favor
of the elements two British avia
tors and a 62 year old Princess
went up into the air from this fly
ing field today to achieve that for
which many months has been the
dream of airmen, the winning of
the Atlantic from Europe to
A merica.
At 7:32 o’clock this morning the
Raphael monoplane sped down the
runaway with Col. Frederick Min
chin at the controls and Captain
Leslie Hamilton and Princess Low-,
enstein Wertheim aboard. There
had been no certainty of a start to
day, but the two men were on the
ground and the Princess drove
down at an early hour and with
out more ado declared her inten
tion of going along.
Shortly after noon today the civ
ic guards of the little Irish town
of Inverin on the North Coast of
Calway Bay stood in silence watch
ing the huge airplane pass out over
the Atlantic toward America.
The speed during the first five
hours flig*ht from England to the
point where it struck out across
the ocean was not more than 70
miles an hour and it is figured
that this speed will have to be
greatly increased, if the destina
tion, Ottawa, Canada, is to be
reached on time. But weather con
ditions were none too good over
the British Isles with a haze and
some times a fog hindering the
flight of the heavily loaded mono
plane.
The daring trio of fliers barely
escaped death in the hop-off as the
plane left the ground just in time
to avert disaster. It Ss believed
that they are determined to reach
their Canadian goal and there get
a bag of t'anadian gold, $25,000 as
the prize or die in the attempt.
They are bound for Ottawa, 2920
miles distant and thence to Lon
don, Ontario.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
Monday being a legal holiday,
the county commissioners will not
meet at that time, according to
Mr. Neil Barnes, clerk of the board.
They will meet in regular session,
however, on Wednesday, Septem
ber 7.
One Cabbage Has Nine Heads.
George Vann of the Sheriff’s
office was yesterday displaying a
nine-pound cabbage grown on his
place. The heads are all from the
sanye stalk and while not fully
imatured are well formed.—Golds
iboro News.
Recorder’s Court
Has Heavy Docket
Quite a Number of
Whiskey Cases Tried
This Week
I .. Recorder’s court was in session
[here three days this week, Tuesday,
| Wednesday and part of Thursday
being required to dispose of the
large criminal docket. The follow
ing cases were tried:
Melvin Boldin (“Bolling”) was
! found guilty of possession of whis
key. He received a 60-day road
sentence and was taxed with the
cost. He was also found guilty of
transporting. Judgment in this case
was ^suspended upon the payment
of tKe cost.
For obtaining money under false
pretense, Willie Williams was sen
tenced to the roads for 30 days
and taxed with the costs.
G. M. Snead was fined $25 and
taxed with the cost for giving a
worthless check.
William Holder, Clee Whitley
and Millard O'Neal were in court
charged with disturbing public
worship and affray. The state took
a r.ol-pros with leave as to Millard
O’Neal. Holder and Whitley were
convicted on both counts. Each de
fendant was sentenced to the.roads
lor six months, the road sentence
of Holder to be suspended upon
condition that the defendant is of
good behavior and is a law-abiding
citizen for the next two years and
on further condition that the de
fendant Holder pay three-fifths of
all the cost. Capias to issue
upon violation of any term of this
judgment. The- "road sentence of
Whitley is to be suspended upon
condition that the defendant is a
good, law-abiding citizen for the
next two years and on further con
dition that defendant Whitley pay
two-fifths of all the cost. Capias
to issue upon the violation of any
term of this judgment.
/ito wooaara, wno was cnargea
with affray and disturbance, was
not convicted.
Ad Wilkins was found guilty of
resisting officer, and was sentenc
ed to the roads for 30 days. The
road sentence was suspended upon
the payment of a $25 fine and the
cost. He was also found guilty of
possessing whiskey. A 60-day road
sentence in this case was supend
ed upon the payment of a $50 fine
and the cost.
For violating the prohibition law,
Robert Woodard was fined $50 and
taxed with the cost.
Johnnie McLamb was found guil
ty of operating a motor vehicle
while intoxicated. A 60-day road
sentence was suspended upon the
payment of a $100 fine and the
cost on condition that the defend
ant does not violate the prohibition
law again in twelve months. He
was forbidden to operate a motor
vehicle again in 90 days.
U-oltlen rarxer was in. court
charged with disposing- of mort
gaged property. After hearing the
evidence of both the state and
the defendant, the defendant w’as
adjudged to be guilty of disposing
of mortgaged property. It was or
dered by the court that the de
fendant go to jail for a term of
six months to be worked on the
roads and pay the cost of the ac
tion. Capias not to issue on condi
tion that the defendant does not
[drink anything intoxicating, deal
in, transport, or assist in any way
in anything that would be a viola
tion of the prohibition law or Tur
jlington act for 'a period of two
years, the violation of any one
jcondition set out in this judgment
to be sufficient to commit the de
fendant to jail to serve six months
as above set out. The defendant
concurred in and agreed to this
judgment and signed the same in
his own hand.
The state failed to convict Fellis
Thornton, who was charged with
abandonment and non-support.
For assault with deadly weapon,
Larkin Watson was sent to the
county roads for four months
and was taxed with the cost.
Irvin Graham was found guilty
of carrying a concealed weapor
and was sentenced to the roads fot
60 days. The road sentence was
suspended upon the payment of s
$50 fine and cost.
Junius Wall was charged witf
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Lindy’s Wings
Donald Hall, 28, of Rrooklyn,
M Y., who designed CoL Lind
bergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" plane
now finds business good, having
received 29 orders for designs sim
ilar to Lindy’s air bus.
| Johnston County
Gets Publicity
Addograph Shows Scenes of
Smith Held, Selma, Henson
and In the County In Mid
dle West
Johnston county is getting a
good little bit of publicity in the
middle West this fall along with
other towns and counties of East
ern North Carolina. N. G. Bart
lett, secretary of the Eastern Car
olina Chamber of Commerce, has
just returned to the state from
Ohio where he went to inaugurate
a tour of the midwest state fairs
designed to advertise this section.
For several months, Mr. Bart
lett has been at work collecting
pictures and material for an addo
graph which is being used on this
tour. The addograph carries four
loops of twelve pictures and pla
cards each showing views in John
ston county, in Smithfield, in Ben
son and in Selma. These pictures
present crop opportunities and in
dustrial development of this sec
tion. Literature advertising the
whole section is being- distributed
and soil types are being shown.
The tour will require from six to
eight weeks.
REPORTS TELL OF REDFERN
FELL IN ALEMQUER BRAZIL
PARA, Brazil. Sept. 1.—An un
confirmed report has been receiv
ed here that Paul Redfern landed
in the vicinity of Alemquer, Bra
zil.
Alemquer, situated between 300
and 400 miles from the mouth of
the Amazon river, is to be west
ward of the route Redfern planned
to follow in passing over the great
river. The aviator was to have
dropped a flare at Macpa, more
than 200 miles further to the east,
to indicate whether he would turn
to Pernambuco or proceed to Rio
jDe Janeiro.
The unconfirmed report says
I that Redfern fell at Alemquer.—
[Associated Press.
! FIRST BALE AT DUNN IS
SOLD AT 25C. PER POUND
DUNN, Aug. 30.—The first bale
of 1027 cotton sold on the Dunn
market was brought in today by
Buck Eason, Cumberland counity
farmer. The bale weighed 540
pounds, graded middling1 and was
sold to the Johnston Cotton com
pany for' 25 cents a pound. The
rains of last week delayed picking
and the first bale came in ten
days later than last year.
Hand-Painted Hosiery.
PARIS, Aug. 31.—(AP)—Stock
ings with hand painted designs are
the offering of a shop here. Sprigs
of flowers on pale colored hose
have caused some comirient but
there is little indication that the
novelty will be taken seriously.
More approved are the stockings
with four points woven into the
heel in place of the one women
are accustomed to. There is talk
of stockings of two tones, the heels
and toes to show a deeper shade
than the ground of the hosiery.
Invitations Out
To Bentonviile
September 15, Promises To
He Red Letter Day In
Johnston County; Old Vet
eran Inquires the Route
Invitations are being- sent out
to persons living outside of John
ston county to attend the unveiling
ind dedication of the boulder mark
ing the field of the battle of Ben
tonviile. The public is invited to
attend this exercise which will be
held on September 15, but a spec
ial effort is being made to inter
est people over the state in the
event. The invitation which is for
everybody, reads as follows:
“The North Carolina Division of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy request the honor of your
presence at the unveiling and ded
ication of the Boulder marking the
Battlefield of Bentonviile, March
19-21, 18G5, on Thursday, Septem
ber the fifteenth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, eleven-thirty a.
m., near Bentonviile, Johnston
County, North Carolina.
“Mrs. Walter F. Woodard, pres
ident, Wilson; Mrs. John Huske
Anderson, Chairman Bentonviile
Battleground Committee, Fayette
ville; Mrs. William M. Sanders,
Vice-Chairman, Smithfield.”
Governor A. W. McLean has
been invited to make the principal
address and accept the memorial.
An elaborate program is being
planned including a sham battle
on the old breastworks which are
singularly well preserved, by Na
tional Guard companies. A basket
picnic will be helcf on the grounds
and those who attend are asked to
bring baskets.
This celebration will mark the
culmination of the efforts of Mrs.
W. M. Sanders, of this city espec
ially. Others have more recently
taken interest in the marking and
the improving of the Bentonville
battleground, but to Mrs. Sanders
belongs largely the credit of initiat
ing the movement. She personally
took steps t« repair the monument
several years ago, and it was her
interest in the battleground that
led the U. D. C. to sponsor the
movement now on foot. Since then,
Mrs. J. H. Anderson, of Fayette
ville, who was made state chairman
of the Bentonville Battlefield Com
mittee, has worked faithfully in
the interest of placing a marker,
on this historic spot.
Interest in the unveiling of the
marker and the attendant exer
cises is growing. People from a
distance are planning to be pres
ent. The Herald is in receipt of a
letter from an old soldier from
Beaufort, route 1, inquiring* the
route, stating that he expects to
been here on the 15th. The letter
which is from Samuel Thomas, Sr.,
is as follows:
“If nothing happens I will go to
Bentonville on the 15th of Septem
ber. Do I stop in Smithfield? If so,
I will call on you to show you my
payroll papers, looking glass, but
tons off my jacket that I wore
home April, 1865. I had them at
Raleigh at our reunion. Let me
know the route that I will have
to take to get to Smithfield.
“My nephew’s wife takes your
paper.”
Mr. Thomas was a member of
Company H, 10th Regiment, Wayne
County.
Presbyterian Services.
Services Sunday morning at 11
o’clock with sermon by pastor.
No nig-ht service. Public cordially
invited.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
Bj Me—
“Some folks plays pianer, some
make violent music on de fiddle,
some jest blows dey own hawnt.”