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Make Your Plans
TO SELL
YOUR TOBACCO
—IN—
SMITHFIELD
THIS SEASON
“It’s just a little
highere here”
VOLUME 45—NO. 73
IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Joab Baker Kills
Malcolm Denning
I Fatally Cuts Denning
In Affray Following
Cider Drinking P'ar
W ty Friday
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Joab Baker, a white man of
Meadow township, aged about 20, ,
was brought to jail here Sunday
charged with fatally cutting Mal
colm Denning in an affray near
Denning’s home on Friday after
noon of last week. Denning was
a white man about .‘10 years of j
age. and is survived by a wife and j
family.
It is reported that others fig- '
ured in the affray and several par- 1
ties had been drinking cider. The \
affray had reached a riotous stage 1
when Baker resorted to the use of
his knife. He inflicted a severe j
wound in Denning’s stomach, sev-|
ering some of fhe intestines and j
slashing one arm and making 1
(thrusts in his back. He lived until ;]
Sunday. i
Baker is now in jail awaiting a ,
preliminary hearing at which time .
it will he determined whether he,]
will be allowed bail or not. (
HOG FEEDING PAYS
WHEN DONE RIGHT
RALEIGH, Sept. 12,—At pres- j
ent prices of hogs and corn, the
farmer who speculates in hog |
feeding will make little money, but
the man who has the hogs and
who has raised corn enough to
feed them can make money by sell
ing his corn as pork.
Records carefully kept on 2276
head of hogs fed by farmers from
| January first July first of this
year show that these animals were
old for $48,904.97. The actual not
profit on these hogs was $11,687.
28 which was a return of 31 per
ent on the investment. Of course,
these animals were fed according
f demonstration methods advo
cated by the county agents and
-wine extension workers of State
College. Both the farmers doing
?fhe feeding and the county agents
who helped, kept careful records.
The figures show further that
the corn fed to these hogs was
'"Id for $1.62 per bushel. The
h"KS sold for an average price of
?11,o8 per hundred pounds and
netted the growers $10.89 on the
farm. The total dockage for soft
^nd oily condition amounted to
"nly $50.75.
Indications are now, states W.
'V. Shay, swine extension special
i-t, that hogs will return very lit
tle over the market for corn but
fl.v sticking to the system which
has now been successfully estab
lished by many growers, the owner
"ill he making money and at the
.-anie time, he will hold his ma
‘liine in readiness to convert the
'‘"in crop of 1928 into pork at
a K°0(l price. There is certain to be
a heavy crop of corn planted next
d'nng because of the shortage
that will probably exist this win
ter* ^ the season is favorable to
corn .growing next year, 4-here
"ill bo a large crop of cheap corn.
In the mean time there will be a
Portage of hogs due to lack of
feeds this winter. Few hog*s and
niu°h eorn, mean a profit to the
man who has both.
Therefore, Mr. Shay believes
that the man who is established in
the hog feeding game, should make
,!‘s I'huis now for the year 1928.
If the housewives in the United"1
■fates were paid for their home!
m'co at rate of fifteen dollars j
® ''e°k, the payroll would amount !
t0 *17,000.000,000 yearly.
There
Tantalizer
\lr* 'n l*10 line below to spell
me n»Mw. „ _ •
;iro exactly enough let
name of a person in Smith
an(*. 'f the right one de
J’,cr* his name and will pre
\vo u ■ ito hhe Herald office,
com nr present him wfith a
^Pl'montary ticket to the
be naiiV Jheulre. Tickets must
lowin for before the f°l
‘owing issue.
(Mi.ss) Rachel Peterson re
(opized her name last issue.
-ranlaflzer:
nl«JPl|3OnK0
CoS. Fred A. Olds
The Bcntonville Memorial
iccasion next Thursday would
lot be complete without the
ireseence oef Col. Olds. Col.
tlds has written numerous
irticles about the Benlonville
lattlo, and especially has he
■mphasized the epart tin
toys Brigade played in the
ondict. He will speak along
his line next Thursday.
Local Citizen
Recalls Battle
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Urs. I)ora Kirkman Was Eye
Witness To Memorable
Battle of Benetonville;
Reminiscences
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Two Smithficld citizens, T. R.
food and Mrs. Dora Kirkman, are
uoking forward with especial in
erest to the Bentonville cclebra
ion which takes place next Thurs
lay. This brother and sister, the
hildren of the late J. C. Hood,
vere living at Bentonville when the
tattle took place. Their home,
vhich was a two-story building,
nay be seen in the picture of the
mttleground the day after the con
lict, shown elsewhere in this is
ue. The smoke to be seen in this
deture arose from the turpentine
listillery owned by Mr. Hood.
Mrs. Kirkman tells interestingly
ler rcminiscenses of the battle as
ollows:
“In the little village of Benton
onville quietness and peace reign
'd.
“Each day men went to and from
heir work exchanging friendly
meetings while the housewives
yere busy with their work of
ooking, sewing and looking after
he little ones. Carriage shops,
>wncd and operated at that time
>y my father, John C. Hood, af
orded work for most all the men
n this little town.
“It was in the first days of
pring that the menacing clouds of
var began to darken the horizon
>f the village and the lives of the
>eople were filled with apprehen
sion and a foreboding of the trying
imes to come.
To the mind oi tne ren-year-oia
ittle girl that I was the storm
>eemed to break suddenly—one day
vas peace and quiet and happiness
and the next was war and confus
ion and bloodshed.
“Long before the first appear
ance of the soldiers the villages
were seeking* places in which to
;onceal their treasures. Silver,
jhinaware, money were buried.
Unique hiding places were found
for food and other household sup
plies. My father wishing to save
a large supply of meat, dropped it
between the ceiling and weather
boarding of his house. I remember
that my mother was very much
afraid that the grease from the
meat would run through the
weatherboarding. Fearing that the
negroes might be persuaded to be
tray the whereabouts of these hid
den possessions, the whites tact
fully suggested that the negroes
bury their own valuables in the
same places.
The battle raged. Homes and out
houses of all kinds were filled with
the wounded^ dead and dying. Op
erations were performed without
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Special Term Of
Court Convene!
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Two Young Attorneys An
Admitted To Bar; Fort)
Cases On Docket
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A special term of Johnston coun
y Superior court for the trial o
•riminal cases was opened here a
0 o’clock yesterday. Hon. Henri
V. -Grady, of Clinton, is the judg*
presiding, and Solicitor C. L. Wil
iams, of Sanford, is prosecuting
he docket. Ernest L. Hinton of
Clayton, and Francis Tron of Val
lese, were introduced to the court
)y Attorney W. H. Lyon, and pro*
luced their license to practice law
rom the Supreme court. They
were admitted to the bar by tak
ing the prescribed oath. Mr. Tror
vill be associated with Attorney E.
J. Wellons of this city, while Mr.
Hinton will locate in Clayton.
About forty cases are pending
trial at this special term, the most
important cases on the calendar
being those against Geo. F. Wood
ard and his daughter, Miss Lena
Woodard, which grew out of the
Princeton bank failure two years
ago. All the cases growing out of
this failure, had been set pre-emp
torily Monday, and only two other
cases appear on the calendar
ahead of them, the two cases be
ing State vs. Willis Tyson, and
State vs. Albert Anderson.
J yson was charged with seduc
tion and made his appearance show
ing that he and the complaining
witness have married since the ori
gin of the case and the case
against him was dismissed upon
payment of costs. Tyson is a white
man living in Ingrams township.
Albert Anderson is a white man
of Smithfield township, chapg'ed
with an assault upon his father
in-law, Alford Adams, in which it
is alleged that Anderson and Ad
ams while out hunting in the early
part of 1926 engaged in a fight
with shotguns. Anderson disarmed
the older man and threw his gun
into a lake, and then fired upon
his assailant, and leaving him in
the woods in a badly wounded con
dition. Getting in all the evidence,
the defendant pled guilty and was
dismissed by paying the cost.
Case of State vs. George Wood
ard and Miss Lena “Woodard got
under way shortly after the noon
proceeded until the adjournment
hour and examination of witnesses
of court for the day. The case
will be resumed this morning.
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FORMAL OPENING SCHOOL
HELD YESTERDAY MORNING
Yesterday morning patrons of
the school here were invited to at
tend the opening exercises. A
goodly numlber was present, the
visitors and the pupils completely
filling the *larg*e auditorium. Ap
propriate talks were made by Rev.
S. L. Morgan of the Baptist church,
i Rev. D. E. Earnhardt of the Meth
odist church, and Rev. Chester
Alexander of the Presbyterian
church. Superintendent Shuford
[also made a talk regarding books
and reading.
ACCUSE JOHNSTON MAN
OF MARRYING HIS NIECE
Isaac Stallings, a white man liv
ing in the county, was arrested
here last week and released under
a $200 bond on the charge of in
cest. It is charged that on last
Monday night he married his owr
niece, which, under the laws ol
the state, is' not legal. The case
was reported to the officers by tht
county welfare authorities.
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BENSON KIWANIANS TO
ENTERTAIN LEGIONNAIRES
Ex-soldiers of the world war wil
eat again on November 11. Th<
Benson Kiwanis club has extendec
an invitation through the com
mander of the American Legion c<
all legionnaires in Johnston coun
ty to be its guests on Armistic<
day. This invitation was receive*
last Thursday evening. Two year:
ago the Armistice celebration wa:
held at Clayton, a year ago it wa:
in Smith-field, and it is fitting tha
Benson have these men as thei:
guests this year.
Members Y. W. A. To Meet.
The members of the Y. W. A
of the Baptist church will mee
Friday night at 8 o’clock at th
home of'Mrs. Paul Browm in Ben
son. All are urged to attend.
Will Preside
Mrs. Walter Woodard, of
Wilson, President of the State
U. D. C., who will preside ov
er the exercises at Bentons
ville next Thursday.
Proceedings Of
Recorder’s Court
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Criminal Cases Are Tried
Tuesday and Wednesday;
Balance of Week To Civil
Cases
Recorder’s court consumed four
days last week. Tuesday and Wed
nesday were devoted to criminal
cases and the remainder of the
week to civil cases.
The docket was as follows:
State vs. Johnnie Johnson and
Marie Scott both colored, charg
ed with housebreaking and lar
ceny. This case was transferred to
Superior court.
State vs. Carr Thompson, call
ed and failed. Judgment nisi sci fa
and capias, R. P. Sutton, bonds
man.
State vs. Jim Moore, colored,
with assault with deadly weapon.
Guilty. Go to jail for term of 30
days to be worked on the roads of
Johnston county and pay costs.
Road sentence to be suspended
upon payment of $50 fine and cost.
Appeal to Superior court. H. E.
Mitchiner, surety $100 bond.
State vs. Wm. Sanderford, charg
ed with operating car while in
toxicated. Go to jail for term of
30 days to be worked on roads of
Johnston county and pay costs.
Road sentence to be suspended
opon payment of $25 fine and the
cost.
State vs. R. W. Glenn, charged
with operating car while intoxi
cated. Guilty. $50 fine and cost.
State vs. G. W. Oannaday,
charged with operating car while
intoxicated. Assault. Not guilty.
State vs. Ronnie Hasting, charg
ed with violating the prohibition
laws. Guilty of transportation and
possession. Go to jail for term of
six months to be worked at county
jhome and pay cost. Defendant to
be transferred to county roads at
request of Hinton, keeper of the
county home.
State vs. Robert Davis, colored,
charged with violation of prohibi
tion laws. Guilty of possession and
transportation. Go to jail for term
of four months to be worked on
roads of Johnston county and pay
cost. Appeal to Superior court.
State vs. Paul Creech and Wm:
J. Creech. These defendants were
in court to show good behavior
for suspended sentence. T. H,
Barbee and Henry Morgan, wit
nesses, were examined and de
fendants showed that they hat
been of good behavior.
State vs. J. Ray Keen, chargee
with transportation and possessior
and being publicly drunk. Guilt)
of possession and being publiclj
drunk, but not guilty of transpor
tation. Sentenced to jail for tern
of 90 days to be worked on roads
of Johnston county and pay cost
Road sentence to be suspended fo;
the term of two years upon tin
condition that the defendant doei
not drink any liquor or other al
coholic drink, or does not violate
’ prohibition law in any respect ir
next two years. Sentence furthe
suspended upon payment of $20 fim
and cost.
State vs. Eddie Sword, colored
. charged with operating motor ve
: hide while intoxicated and with
ijout proper license plates. Guilty oi
■ 'both counts. Judgment suspended
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Tri-County Live
Stock Exposition
Benson Is Providing Buildings
To Take Care of Exhibits
In Creditable Manner
Everything is all set for the big
tri-county Livestock and Poultry
Exposition to be held in Benson
September 20 to 23 recording to
information given out by the branch
office of the Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce at Benson,
this week. This is the only exclu
sive livestock and poultry exposi
tion held in the state and bids fa>
to be a great success from the be- 1
ginning. The object in staging this !
exposition is to encourage ,the pro- ■
duction of livestock and poultry ir,
the three counties served by the
Benson branch office of the East-:
ern Carolina chamber of commerce, j
Tht exhibits are limited to John
ston, Harnett and Sampson coun- ■
ties. The patronage will come from I
everywhere. Sufficient buildings are
being erected to take care of all
the exhibits in a very creditable
manner.
A vpry attractive program has
been arranged for the amusement
of those who attend. The opening
gun will be fired when the gong
sounds for the big automobile pa
rade Tuesday morning at eleven
o’clock. Special prizes are being of
fered for automobiles entered in ,
this parade. More than 500 cars
will participate in the parade the
officials believe. All school children
in the three counties will be admit
ted free the opening day up to 5
p. m. The parade will be led by a
big professional brass band. The
town of Benson will be decorated
fitting for the occasion. Everything
will have the carnival air. The
Gloth Greater Shows will furnish
the amusements on the inside of
the grounds. Free acts will be git*1
en twice daily, fireworks displays,
Tuesday night and Thursday
nights. These displays will be
worth going many mlies to see.
Exhibits will be there of the finest,
livestock and poultry ever seen in
the state, and all space will be
taken, it looks now. Dr. A. S.
Oliver, president and J. B. Slack,
secretary said that there will be
no delays in getting started. All
automobiles will report for the pa
rade to begin promptly at eleven
o’clock. Mayor J. W. Parrish and
his board of aldermen will lead the !
procession. Ten {thousand people i
are expected on the opening day, ;
of North Carolina’s first exclusive '
livestock and poultry exposition.
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MRS. SARAH WOODALL IS
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Miss Ora* Poole, Mrs. J. W.
Moore, Miss Rebecca Poole, and
John Poole went to Benson Sun
day to see their aunt, Mrs. Sarah
Woodall, who was stricken with
paralysis at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. John Morgan, on Friday
afternoon. Mrs. Woodall was in
Smithfield the first Saturday and
Sunday, attending church at the
Primitive Baptist church in this
city. She left here and went to
Benson for a visit to her daughter.
Little hope is held out for her re
covery.
Joins Livestock Association.
J. W. Stephenson and H. W. Tal
ton attended the annual barbecue
given by the Eastern Carolina
Livestock Association at the stock
farm of B. F. Shelton at Speed,
last Thursday. Mr. Stephenson was
much impressed with the perma
nent pastures and equipment for
raising livestock on this farm. He
joined the association while there.
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ELECTRICAL STORM
VISITS JOHNSTON CO.
The central section of Johnston
county was visited b^ a heavy rain
and wind storm last Friday after
noon. The cloud came from the
west and followed the route of the
Southern railway. Lightning struck
the National Bank building in Ral
eigh, and as the cloud moved down
to this section lightning struck a
haystack belonging* to H. H. Un
derwood and a fodder stack of Mr.
' Smith, in the Bethesda section.
Both stacks were burned. It struck
an oak tree by the side of the road
1 near Princeton, and C. E. Parrish,
of this city, who was driving along
• the road about ten steps from the
■ tree, was painfully shocked. He
• was not seriously hurt, howrever,
i and has recovered from the shock.
1 The cloud was accompanied by
high -winds and heavy rain.
TO SPEAK AT BENTONVILLE
Governor A. W. McLean will make the address of accept
ance when the memorial marker for the Bentonville bat
tleground is presented by the United Daughters .'of the
Confederacy next Thursday. Sept. 15th.
Budget General
_ Fund Approved)
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Road Roard Asks For An
Appropriation of $193,011.- j
16; County Debt Service
Will Require $127,592.10 !
Inadvertently the Herald stated
in its last issue that the budgets j
presented for the approval of the
county commissioners at their!
meeting held here Wednesday were
all deferred until a later date. As '
a matter of fact, the budget for
the general fund, that is for the'
current expenses of the county, was
accepted, the road and school bud
gets being deferred until a later
meeting.
The total appropriation for the :
general fund is $115,128.90 which ,
provides for the various depart
ments of county government as :
follows: county commissioners,
$2,723.40; auditor’s office, $11,262.
50; treasurer’s office $4,220; sher
iff’s office, $11,476; register of
deeds’ office, $7,887; clerk of the
courts office, $9,625; tax listing,;
$4,600; Superior court, $9,350; Re- j
corder’s court, $3,500; Juvenile
court, $900; welfare department,
$1,660; health department, $3,925; j
home demonstration department,
$1,485; charities and corrections,
£8,925; court house and grounds,
$5,310; county home, $7,555; tax
collector, $5,425; reserve uncol
lected taxes, $4,715; general gov
ernment including audits, etc., $7.
200.
The money to provide the bud
get for general expenses is to be
derived from several sources. Of
the total appropriation, $62,795.
30 will be raised by an ad valorem
tax. It is estimated that fees from
all of the offices will amount to
$40,848.60. Marriage licenses will
probably bring in $700; penalty
collecting, $2,000 more; privilege
taxes, $2,000; poll-tax, $1,500; col
lections on back taxes, ^lO.OOO.
(Continued on Page 3)
Leaves To Claim Bride.
Marvin Jordan left Saturday
night for Palatine Bridge, N. Y.,
where he was married yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock to Miss
Helen Wilcox. Mr. and Mrs. Jor
dan will visit New York, Chicago,
St. Louis, Chattanooga and Ashe
ville on their wedding* trip. They
expect to be at home in Smithfield
on September 20. Mr. Jordan is one
of the younger business men of this
city being a member of the firm,
Jordan Jewelry company. He was
reared here and has numerous
friends who will extend congratu
lations.
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Battle Incidents
Called To Mind
Recollections of Bentonville
As Narrated By the Late
I)r. J. J. Harper
WILSON, Sept. 10.—“The read
ing of the review of the history of
the battle of Bentonville by Col.
Fred A. Olds has brought to mind
some incidents of those anxious
days when the opposing armies A
Sherman and Johnston were en
camped just a short dstance from
that little village,” said Frances
F. Harper, of Atlantic Christian
College. “Dr. J. J. Harper, who
told me a number of incidents
about the battle, was then a young
minister and a resident of Ben
tonville. He was a son of the John
Harper, of whom Col. Olds writes
and whose home was used as a
hospital, first for Union soldiers,
and later, for Confederate soldiers.
The dwelling, the smoke house, an
old shop, and all other available
spaces were filled with wounded
and dying men.
“Dr. J. J. Harper’s home in Ben
tonville was also taken by the Un'ion
generals as a place to lay their
wounded. He and his wife and lit
tle son, with part of their house
hold goods, were moved across the
street into the house with another
family, that of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Hood. Dr. Harper served Confed
erate and Union wounded faithful
ly and impartially, taking water,
and soup, and such nourishment as
the stringency of the times afford
ed, alike to both friend and foe.
“One day the mutilated body of
a Northern soldier was found in
the nearby woods. Officers, sus
pecting a malicious deed, arrested
the few male citizens that remain
ed in tbe village, and brought
them up for trial and a possible
death sentence. Dr. Harper-asked
to be taken before the wounded
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Meadow Girls To N. C. C. W.
Among the Johnston county girl?
who left yesterday for Greensboro
to enter N. C. C. W., were Misses
Ludie Lee, Matilda Johnson, Addic
I Peacock and Glendon Smith, of
Meadow township. These younjj
j ladies graduated at the Meadow
high school last year.
TRUSTEE APPOINTED
FOR CHARLES DAVIS
Larry Wood, solicitor of the Re
corder’s court, has been appointee
I trustee in the bankruptcy o:
[Charles Davis, local merchant
j Assets of Mr. Davis, including rea
j estate and merchandise, are saic
| to be $30,115.15. Liabilities, secur
led and unsecured, total $86,060.74
Co. Road Engineer
Reports For Aug.
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Operations In The Five Dis
tricts; Construction Work
Done by the Convicts
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J. B. Lodor, engineer and sup
erintendent of the Johnston Coun
ty highway system, made his re
port for the month of August to
the board of highway commission
ers in session here Monday. Op
erations in August by district
were as follows:
District No. 1.
W. N. Holt, Commissioner.
Clayed and graveled, 800 yards:
culvert pipe placed, 132 feet;
bridges repaired, 4; roads rebuilt.
2 miles; roads dragged, 663 mile ;
machine ditched, 72 miles; shoul
ders pulled, 61 miles; clearing
right of way, 4 miles; fill, 100 cti.
yds.
District No. 2.
L. GiUxi/t, iComJmssaoner.
Culvert pipe placed, 40 feet;
bridges repaired, 4; roads built, 18
miles; roads rebuilt, 16 mile :
roads dragged, 331 miles; hard
ditched, 245 yards; clearing right
ot way, 18 m ’ts.
District No. 3.
Swade Barbour, Commissioner.
Clayed and graveled, 600 yards;
culvert pipe placed, 128 feet;
bridges repaired, 3; roads dragged,
750 miles; machine ditched,* 45
miles; shoulders pulled, 45 miles;
clearing right of way, 2 miles.
District No. 4.
C. I*. Harer, Commissioner.
Culvert pipe placed, 124 feet;
bridges repaired, 1; roads built,5 2
miles; roads dragged, 752 miles;
machine ditched, 02 miles; hand,
ditched, 700 yards; shoulders pull
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BAPTISTS TO START t'
CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN
RALEIGH, Sept. 9.—Hon. 0.
Max Gardner, chairman of the
Baptist State Centennial cam
paign committee, has called the
first meeting of the committee to
be held at Meredith College Thurs
day evening, September 15. Three
hundred are expected to attend, and
supper will be served by the Mere
dith College girls.
The centennial campaign is a
movement among the Baptists of
North Carolina to celebrate the
one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the State Convention
in 1830, by raising a fund to clear
their seven colleges and schools
from indebtedness and to add new
equipment which is vitally needed
in order to take care of the rap
idly increasing number of students
at these schools. The seven colleges
and schools owned and operated by
the Baptists of North Carolina are
as follows, in order of their found
ing: Wake Forest, Chowan, Mars
jHill, Campbell, Wingate, Meredith,
Boiling Springs High School.
The meeting at Meredith , on
September 15 has been called by;
Mr. Gardner for the purpose of
explaining to a group of leaders
the plans for the centennial cam
paign. To the meeting are being
invited the members of the State ...
Centennial Committee, the trustees
and faculties of the seven schools,
all tHe Baptist pastors and many
men and women of the churches
in the nine associations in the cen
tral part of the state, including
Raleigh, Central, Mt. Zion, Flat
River, Tar River, Johnston, Little
River, Beulah and Sandy Creek.
Dr. Charles E. Maddry, General
Secretary of the State Convention,
will speak at the meeting, arid
other speakers will be Mrs. Wes- ’
ley N. Jones, President of the s
State W. M. U., and Dr. Frar.ris
P. Gaines, the new president of
Wake Forest College.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS - j
By Me—i
Lots of men secretly envy the
, tramp’s don’t care disposition*