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«< /& Make Your Plans TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO —IN— SMITH FIELD THIS SEASON “It’s just a little highere here” Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 IF. IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. OT VOLUME 45—NO. 72 H- H- ¥ SM1THFIELD, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 9, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Smithfield Boys Are Making Good g F, and R. A. Wellons, For merly of This City, Erect Unique Building in Char lotte People of Smithfield and John ston county will be interested in ar. achievement of two former cit izens, B. F. and R. A. Wellons, who are now located in Charlotte. B. F. Wellons is the son of the late J. W. Wellons and Mrs. Wel lons, anti R. A. Wellons is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wellons of this city. Both of these young men grew up in Smithfield and became members of the legal profession. They have adopted Charlotte as their homo, and in addition to car rying- on an extensive law prac tice, they have invested in some thing distinctly new in North Car jlin-a—bachelor apartments. Last Sunday’s Charlotte Obser ver carried the following write-up if this enterprise: In these days of rapid fire con traction in Charlotte, it is really i task to find something new to mild, something that no one has iuilt before. When this something new fills a ing filled need and gives the city imething that has been needed, nd badly for some time it is the lore unusual. fiiuua auu i\. tveiiuiis, i constructing: an apartment ouse, exclusively for bachelors, ave given to Charlotte a type of iiilding which is admitted by >'eryone to be a boon to a vast umber in the city who wish to ?cure the com|’orts of such a lace and yet do not wish to pay le price demanded by hotels for imilar accommodations. The Weilons, cousins they are, re not to be considered a new ower rising; in the construction rorld who will furnish keen op osition to those who wish to make le city a municipality of apart lent dwellers. They are lawyers and, judging om the air of activity around eir offices in the Wilder build g, are directors of an extensive gal practice. But one-half of the firm is a ichelor. The other half was until cently when he fell by the way de and joined th? Benedict club. As bachelors the two men un *r\vent whatever discomforts are i be found in living in hotels, )oming houses of varying* de rees of comfort and regular apart For many years they talked of rhat a boon it would have been :f ley could find an apartment house xclusively for bachelors. They oth enjoyed the comfort and .con enience of hotels. They both knew he advantage of clubs. ouse exclusively for bachelors •'hich would combine the advanta ;es of hotel life and the pleasan ries of a club? This was the ques ion which they discussed frequent y. Such a place, they -arguec vould be a line thing for the own r and would furnish unusually nict apartments at reasonable prac ice. The plans went through in spite 'f the fact that the elder mem-bci f the firm departed the fraternity •f bachelorhood. The result is the three-story teel brick and concrete, 48-ap-art nent building at 308 North Churcl treet, three blocks from th< square. When the two men get, to talk nS about their apartment buildinj (Turn to page four please) Tantalizer There are exactly enough let rs m the line below to spell fioianame '’.f a Pers°n in Smith an,lli if the right one de 1,18 name and wilt pre !f.to The Herald olTice, cn *,'.n Present him with a Vc ticket to ‘he be eiii Theatre. Tickets must lowin for before the fol •owing issue. Marjorie Johnston re rogniaed her name last issue. Today** -rantatlier: HERE'S HOW NEW APARTMENTS LOOK The bachelor apartments erected by B. F. and R. A. Wellons in Charlotte. It is the first building of itiTki^T in North Carolina. It u three stories high, and is constructed of steel, brick and concrete. The building contains fortv-eieht apartmenets. 6 PROGRAM IS COMPLETE FOR BEMONVILLE CELEBRATION Lowden’s Manager Fred Starek, formerly of Ohio, ( e/ho has been made pre-convcn tion manager by former Governor Frank O Lowdcn of Illinois, in his bid for the Republican presi dential nomination. Present School Budget To Board Amount This Year Exceeds Last Year’s Budget by Only About $6,000; Short Term Notes Total $800,000 The first Monday in September was the date set for the county board of commissioners to consid er the county budgets including, the general fund, the budget of the road board and budget of the board of education. The meeting was not held on the first Monday, however, on account of Labor day, but on Wednesday every member of the board was present to lake up this important matter. The morning was spent in reg ular routine affairs, but at two o'clock in the afternoon the board of education met jointly with the board of commissioners and took under consideration the school bud get. This budget was presented by County Superintendent H. B. Mar row, but no action was taken re garding it, a later date in Septem ber having been set for final dis posal of this the biggest business of the county—that of providing Continued on page four FIRST COTTON BRINGS 25C ON LOCAL MARKET ! The first three bales of new cot ton sold on the streets of Smith field this season were purchasec by W. M. Sanders fe Son at 25( a pound. John L. Myatt, of Cleve land township, broug-ht two bales Tuesday. They were ginned by W M. Sanders & Son at the gin plani here. One weighed 470 pounds anc .the other 485 pounds. I The third bale was brought here .Wednesday by H. H. Crfates, o: Four Oaks. It was ginned at the 'Sanders plant in Four Oaks am ^Jweighed 427 pounds. Smithfield Folks Asked To Meet at Court House and Escort Governor McLean; To Battleground The program has been arranged for the memorial celebration at the Bentonville battleground next Thursday, September 15. Mrs. J. H. Anderson, of Fayetteville, state chairman of the battleground com mittee, was in the city Monday j conferring with Mrs. W. M. San ders, vice-chairman of the com mittee, and Geo. E, Thornton, coun ty chairman of arrangements. Practically everything has been ar ranged for the event. There will be plenty of free parking space at the battleground, and the Boy Scouts of Goldsboro, Benson and Smithfield will have charge of the parking. Routes leading to Ben tonville have been plainly marked. Persons coming by way of Golds boro need not come by Smithfield, but may take a shorter route di-, rect from Goldsboro to the battle- ! ground. This route lies by the col ored asylum. Those coming from Fayetteville may turn off route 22 at Benson, or they may come with in half a mile of Holt Lake and turn off. Signs have been placed at these points. Persons coming from Raleigh and sections beyond will come by Smithfield. The governor is expect ed to be in Smithfield by 9:30 o’clock and Smithfield people are asked to meet at the courthouse by that hour to serve as an escort to the battleground-. Any others in the state from toward Wilson or Raleigh who wish to serve as es cort may be at the courthouse by 9:30. i lie uay »iii in ieaiureci »y a basket picnic. Hundreds are ex pected to attend. The Herald is in receipt of a letter from as far west as Lenoir asking for infor mation concerning the celebration. The speakers and old soldiers will I be guests for dinner of the Ben tonvilie home demonstration club. The program for the day will be presided over by Mrs. Walter F. jWoodard, of Wilson, president of the North Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy, which organization is tak ing an active part in tlfe placing of the memorial marker on the battleground The 120th Infantry band of Ral eigh led by Lieut. S. A. Braxton will play patriotic airs as the crowd assembles, and will also play the first number on the program, which will be the singing of America. The renfinder of the program is as follows: Presentation of Memorial Tab let to State of North Carolina by Mrs. John *H. Anderson, chairman, Battle of BentonvilU Committee, N. C. Division, U D. C. Unveiling* of Memorial, by Dan iel Harvey Hill, 4th, Char lotte; James Van Wycke Webb Raleigh; Edgar Bain, Jr., anc Alexander McClean, Goldsboro: Charles Broadfoot, 3rd am Bettie London Wooten, Fay etteville; William Joslin, Ral* Turn to page four, please 1 Person Hurt! In Auto Wreck Cadillac of C. L. Sanders Is Badly Damaged; J. D. Wil liams In Jail An automobile wreck occurred about a mile west of here near the farm of J. W. Stephenson Tuesday night between eight and nine o'clock when the Cadillac automo bile driven by C. L. Sanders of Cleveland township collided with the Ford car driven by J. D. Wil liams. It is reported that Wil liams was drunk and was at the time of the accident on*the wrong side of the road. Mr. Sanders was accompanied by Mrs. H. V. Faulk ner, Jr., and they were returning from Moore county. Mr. Williams was injured some what, receiving cuts about the head, cheeks and hands, w’hich re quired several stitches to be taken. Medical aid was given and wounds were dressed at Johnston county Hospital. He was afterwards tak en to the county jail to await trial. Mr. Sanders was slightly bruised, while his automobile was damaged considerably. Mrs. Faulkner was unhurt. W'illiams’ Ford was a to tal wreck. FATHER OF H. G. GRAY PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME Friends of the family here and throughout the county will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Henry Gray, which occurred here at the home of his son, Mr. H. G. Gray, Tuesday afternodh at 1:45 o’clock after a lingering illness. Mr. Gray formerly lived in Kinston but came here four months ago to make his home with his son. He has been in very feeble health for several months. Mr. Gray was seventy eight years of age. He is survived by his son, Mr. H. G. Gray, and three daughters: Mrs. B. B. Sugg of Greenville, Mrs. W. C. Coughenour and Miss Mary Gray of Salisbury, all of whom | were at his bedside when the end came. A sister, Mrs. A. J. Kil patrick, of Raleigh, also survives. A short service was conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon by Rev. S. L. Morgan, of the Bap tist church, and the funeral serv ices were concluded in Kinston by Rev. A. C. Corey, of the Christian church, pastor of the deceased. The large floi'al offering was un j usually beautiful. Interment took iplace in the cemetery at Kinston. | Quite a number from here at tended the funeral. The bereaved ones have many friends who sym pathize with them in their loss. I_ CHOIR PRACTICE TONIGHT Choir practice will be held at the Baptist church this evening at 7:45 o’clock. This is the first practice held since the summer vacation, and all who are in terested in helping with the church music are urged to at tend. Presbyterian Services. | Smithfield Sunday 11 a. m. Ser mon by pastor. Oakland church or | Sunday night at 7:30. Song serv i ice and sermon. Public cordiallj | invited. Big Enrollment For Opening Day Local School Plans Good Foot Ball Season With H. L. Blankenship As Coach The Smithfield schools opened here Wednesday with a very large enrollment, which totaled approxi mately seven hundred and fifty students. The high school alone en rolled one hundred’ seventy-five while there were sixty-four little tots who entered school for the first time. Wednesday, Thursday and today were set apart for registration of students and the arranging of classes. The formal opening of school will not be until Monday morning, at which time fitting .ex ercises will be conducted in the auditorium, when ministers of the town and others will probably make talks. -Citizens here are in vited to be present for the open ing-. Among the new members of the faculty here this year is Coach H. L. Blankenship of Erwin, Tennes see, who has charge of the athletics in the school. Coach Blankenship hails from Tusculum College at Greenville, Tennessee, and is a four-letter man from that school in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He also made Tennes see Collegiate All-State football team in 1926. Besides this, Mr. Blankenship won a silver loving cup offered by his alma mater for the best all round athlete for a period of four years at Tusculum. Last season he coached at Tellico Planes High School Tennessee and teams under his coaching proved very successful, scoring defeats over some of the largest schools in the state. Football practice be gan here Wednesday afternoon with about thirty candidates out for local grid team. Light work outs were followed this week, but according to Coach Blankenship the boys will be given stiff train ing beginning next week. With some fifteen letter men back this year and a good number of men with some previous experience out for practice, Smithfield High is ex pected to have a real football eleven in the course of several weeks. No games have been sched uled so far, but team's wishing games with the locals are asked i to communicate with Coach Blank enship. The following boys were out for practice this wek: Norton, |Woodard, Fuller, W. Ragsdale, R Parrish, E. Parrish Creech, Mor gan, H. Johnson, Avera, Adams, Hodges, Hontycutt, N. Stancil, J | Stand}, O. Creech, Hunter, A Stallings, Wellons, Ward, Jordan E. Johnson, Whitehurst, J. Stal j lings, C. Rag-sdale ,Peedin, D Ward. Chautauqua Dates. I Mrs. Thel Hooks has receivec I inf ormatior/ to the effect that th< I Chautauqua dates this year will b< j November 21, 22 and 23. For sev ieral years Smithfield has enjoyec |a three-day Chautauqua in the fa'l j These entertainments which an held at the school house are al ways of a high order and thi year’s program will be no excep tion. The program in detail wil be published at a later date. Slain In Oneals In An Altercation, R. L. Wall Strikes Blow That Results In Oneal’s Death An untimely accident which re sulted in the death of W. Richard O’Neal occured near Atkinson’s mill Wednesday afternoon, the slayer of Mr. O’Neal being . R. L. Wall, both of O’Neals township. The very unfortunate affair which re sulted in Mr. O’Neal’s death, came about whert O’Neal who was driving a Ford touring- car ran into a truck on which Mr. Wall was riding a long with a number-of convict road hands. There seems to have been no damage done in the collision of the two cars, but angry words follow ed quick and fast, and blows were soon passed between the two men, O’Neal using his fist qnd Wall us ing a heavy automobile jack. Two blows with the jack in Wall's hands were sufficient to knobk O’Neal down under the truck, from which he was taken in an unconscious con dition. The truck moved quickly away and it is reported that Wall was not conscious of the fact that his blows had been fatal until some two hours afterwards when he was arrested by Sherriff Turley and Deputy Sheriffs John O. Ellington and T. E. Talton. O Neal is a prominent farmer and is survived by a widow and five small children. Mr. Wall is also a man of a family. As boys they grew up together and there seemed to be a warm attachment between them, and the tragedy comes as a thing altogether unexpec te d.Mjg ) is a man'undffensive in the com munity and just a week ago con nected himself with the Baptist church at Antioch. It is reported that Mr. O’Neal had been drink ing. Immediately after the killing the matter was repdrtpd to Sheriff Turley, and he together with his deputies and Coroner J. H. Kirk man proceeded to the scene of the killing and to the home of Mr. Wall who resides near Corinth-Holders The arrest was made in Mr. Wall’s home. Ife submitted to the officers with willingness. lie was lodged in jail here at 10:30 o’clock Wed nesday night, and he immediately employed Abell & Shepard as coun sellors. The coroner was unable tc hold his inquest and this matter was deferred until ten o’clock this morning. A jury composed of J Brewer, Robert Batten, J. R. Hare B. A. Henry, Jim Dickson, and W | H. Creech has been summonec jto hold the inquest. At the inquesl it will be determined whether tht defendant will be allowed bail 01 me iunerai oi me aiau* umi was held at Antioch Baptist churcl on yesterday afternoon, the reli gious services being conducted bj the pastor, Rev. Arthur Creech Mr. O’Neal was a member of thi Masonic fraternity with his mem ership at Little River lodge No 620 A. F. and A. M.; and the fun oral rites of the order were heh in connection with the funeral. Th funeral was directed by C. A Bailey, Selma undertaker. At the funeral more than thousand relatives and friend gathered to witness the sad scene of his final passing. Much sympa thy is felt throughout the com munity for both the family of Mt O’Neal and that of his slayer, Mi Wall, and a great' deal of specula tion is being done as to why an how such a tragedy could tak place on so slight a provocatioi METHODISTS TO ENTERTAIN TEACHER The Methodist Sunday school hi plans underway to greet the teacl ers of the graded school here an entertainment to be given ne: Friday evening. Invitations will * out the first of next week. -j AVIATION GAME OF DEATH TO DEAT The score now is: i Pacific 7. Atlantic 7. : Sir John Carling at bat; Roy Windsor to follow. I Umpire: Fate. —Goldsboro News. RECORD OPENING TOBACCO SALE ON SOUTHFIELD MARKET Red Head Queen s ia»toc*»tki< i It . ■' .<&■. Miss Ardyth Gragg ambled inttf town from her father’s truck farm near Tulsa, Okla., and walked ofl with the beauty crown for Farm r’s Week at Oklahoma A. and M College. Trustees Enters Suits In Court Raleigh Rank Makes Effort To Close Accounts As Trustee In Bankruptcy For Local Firms Several suits have already been started in the Superior court, the Recorder’s court, and courts of jus tices of the peace against parties who have made no effort to close their accounts with the Raleigh Saying ' |TFustee in bankruptcy ~ the Aus tin-Stephenson Company and L. G. Stevens Company, two of the lar gest companies in Johnston county who have furnished supplies for farmers in the county. Eight suits came up before a justice of the peace last Saturday, seven of the eight suits ending in judgment for the trustee or by payment in cash, leaving only one case open. The trustee is making a desperate ef fort to bring these bankruptcies to a close by Christmas. The Raleigh bank has had Sam Massey and Layton McGugan of Smithfield and Geo. W. Springle of Raleig-h in the field since the early spring meet ing with the farmers who are in terested in the bankruptcy mat ters in order to get security to their accounts which were due last fall. These gentlemen have found the majority of those called upon ready to respond to the request of the trustee in bankruptcy to fur nish security to their accounts un til the fall. The trustee has been lenient with those who were willing to secure their account and those who promised to pay in the fall, but :n cases where the people would make no effort to pay or secure the ac count the trustee will make no con cession, but will take steps within a short time to close the matters . as they think best. These field men advise that the 1 crop outlook this year seems to be i fair. Almost everyone has good to , bacco, corn and cotton, except ir some sections where the boll wee i vil is doing serious damage. It i: thought that cotton planted earl} on sandy land will not suffer fron the weevil as much as cotton plant ed on damp soil where the plan grows until killed by frost. - SPOKE AT KIWANIS ] LUNCHEON YESTERDAY Mr. J. B. Slack, of Benson, representing: the Eastern Car olina Chamber of Commerce, spoke to the Smithfield Ki wanis club at their regular meeting yesterday. Mr. Slack brought to the attention of the Kiwanians the approaching tri county livestock land poultry exposition that is to be held in Benson September 20 to 23. This is to be the only exclusive livestock and poultry show to be held in the state. An attrac tive premium list is being cir culated in which the farmers should manifest interest. Though the world may o\ every man a living, only the p« sistent collector gets it. Two Two Warehouses Fjlled, To Overflowing; Prices Compare Favorably With Other Eastern Carolina Markets The Smithfield bright leaf to bacco market opened with a bang here Tuesday morning. marking probably the biggest opening day during the history af the local market, which was instituted twen ty-nine years ago. The sales on the floors of the two warehouses here totaled approximately a half million, pounds. Practically every nook, crevice and crannie of both warehouses were crowded with to bacco. All day /Monday and all during the night wagons, trucks and va rious other forms of vehicles pour ed into the city with loads of the golden weed and by. seven o’clock Tuesday morning parking space within the business district was completely filled and hundreds of cars were parked in the residential ( sections of town. Hundreds of peo ple were here for the opening sales and the main streets of Smithfield reminded one of the midway at a Johnston county fair. Both warehouses were crowded with farmers,* business men and others who were interested in the sales. Sales began at nine o’cloek in stead of at ten as usual in order to handle the tobacco that over flowed both warehouses. The Ban ner warehouse drew first sale, sales lasting at that house until after three in the afternoon. Immediate ly, auctioneering began at the Cen tral warehouse and continued un til five o’clock. At the close of the day thousands of pounds were left 'over to be sold on Wednesday. Prices of the local market for the opening day varied from a few dollars per hundred to $5t) and $60 a hundred, averaging between 20 and 22 cents per pound. Common and medium grades sold at fair prices while the better grades did not bring so satisfactory a price. The better grades seemed to be too wet. Early during the sales here the farmers seemed to be somewhat disappointed in the price .tobacco was brniging on the local market, but by noon their outlook jhad ^hanged after hearing reports from other Eastern Carolina mar kets. In comparison with prices re ceived at other places, the Smith field market ranked with the best, ! there being several markets with the average prices several cents below the average here. Although i some were disappointed in the i price received here few tags have been turned and piles of tobacco taken from floors for future sale. Tobacco specialists are wonder ing if the heavy receipts may not I tend to reduce the price. On the | other hand, it is pointed out that !the demand for bright leaf tobac co owing to the increased use of (cigarettes, will more than offset the increased production. The opening of the tobacco mar ket here marks the revival of bus iness in this section. With cotton .selling around 25 cents and tobacco predcited to rise in price the out look for the season is encourag ing. Sells Stock of Goods. Rev. D. C. Johnson who lives near the county home has sold his stock of merchandise to Herman Johnson who lives in the same ; section. | AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—■ re ! “I^pctor sade fokes harts iz en r- j larged; Plalrson sade dyes dan jswunk. Now which iz rite?”