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Make Your Plana TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO —IN— SMITHKIELD 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. VOLUME 45—NO. 77. * ¥ * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15 flavor Inderwood Issues Proclamation Asking Coop eration of Town Ollicials and Citizens IMay»»r J. D. Underwood has is sued the following proclamation Regarding Fire Prevention Week, calling' upon all the citizens V>f smith field to cooperate in conserv ing the life and property of the town: “October 9th to 15th, inclusive, has been designated as Fire Pre vention Week throughout the United States, and I call upon the citizenship of our City to cooper ate in this great work of conserv ing life and property by ridding their premises of all useless and worthless inflammable material during this week. -In order to make the work thorough, the city will remove all such material, free of cost, if it is placed on the street on the days already scheduled for the removal (lf garbage in your respective wards and streets. “Carefully compiled figures show that in 1926, $19,750.00 worth of property was destroyed by fire ‘n , ur city. Our firemen answered 56 ( calls. There were 286 human be I Iings burned to death in North Carolina in 1926. “I, therefore, set aside the week of October 9th to 15th as Fire Pre vention Week in accordance with the proclamation of our president and our governor and to that end l ask your cooperation with our State Insurance Depat tment and ■,ur city officials to see to it Shat all schools, churches, theatres, hos pitals, public buildings, factories, -mres ami hotels be inspected to see that every safeguard against fire is provided, and that exit fa cilities are sufficient, in race of "I therefore, is.-u.* this procla mation and do set aside and » csig nate October 9th to 15th, as Fire Prevention Week in the city of I Smitlvfield, and do urge our people to observe it in obedience to our I National and State laws. "f “Done at our City of Smithfield, this the 23 day of Septemner, 1927. “J. I). UNDERWOOD, Mayor. “By the Mayor. | “W. L. FULLER, City Clerk.” TI NNKY DEMPSEY. RICKARI) WILLING TO THIRD BATTLE CHICAGO, Sept. 24.— (AP)— I Jack Dempsey has emerged from his second championship beating riding a new idol of popular favor which, if he elects to ride it out, may carry him to a greater ring earning power than he ever knew before. Definite talk of another “battle "f the century” has been subdued and unofficial; but talk there has been, almost from the moment at Soldier Field Thursday night when Gene Tunney’s arm was raised to mark his second victory over Demp- I sey. Tex Rickard, a shrewd diagnoti- i mail of public opinion, has shown j 'igns of acutal enthusiasm over a j third Tunney-Dempsey fight, and | Tunney hus indicated' his willing- j ness to meet Dempsey or anyone ; else the public may think is a : match for him. Dempsey’s first reaction after the Soldier Field fight was that it marked the end of his career. A day’s seclusion and rest, with its inevitable retrospection, made him less certain. Today his attitude as reflected by his close associates, 'ecnied to be that Jack Dempey might go back to the war trail again and with a vengeance. Tantalizer Thorp are exactly enough let rs m the line below to spell name of a person in Smith '‘‘<1, and if the right one de .iKer? his name and will nre uro1 -nto ^he Herald office, JJ,1!1 Present him with a ^mplimentary ticket to the h«lt°ny theatre. Tickets must lrm^a • ^or before the fol !owing issue,. ^ Mai lha Rose Sanders reoog fnized her name last issue. Todays -ranlallzerr imaeeonffseje Ohio Smiles Qirl aiaa Miss Thelma Jones, 19, of near Palmyra, Ohio, a farm girl with a most engaging smile, went down to the state college at Kent, O., to Study to become a teacher. Right Away she won the “Smile Girl” contest. Two Weeks Civil Term Court Here -+ Fudi»e (iradv May Appoint Referee To Dispose of Cas es That Have Accumulated -+ The regular two weeks’ civil term of Superior court begin here yesterday morning at ten o’clock the presiding- judge being Judge Henry A. Grady of Clinton, who finished a one week special crim inal term here on September 17. Four jury cases, divorce suits, featured yesterday’s calendar. Three divorces absolute were granted as follows: Lillie Ennis vs. L. R. Ennis; Carson Adams vs. Annie Adams; Dessie May Potter vs. G. Floyd Potter. Legal sepa ration was granted in the case Addie 0. Parker vs. Joseph E. It was found by canvassing the motion docket that several hun dred cases, some of which are three or four years old, were pend ing trial in the Superior court on appeals from justice’s courts and the Recorder’s court. Judge Grady ordered the clerk to prepare and submit to him a list of all these cases, and if such a course is found advisable, he will order the appointment of a referee to come to Smithfield and hear all of these cases until they are fully disposed of. Judge Grady’s sugg-estion in the matter met the unanimous ap proval of the loc-al bar. -♦ UNCLE SAM GETS OVER $500,000 FROM FIGHT Washington, Sept. 22.—Uncle Sv m’s share of the gate at the Tunney-Dempsey fight tonight, go\°rnment tax experts figure, will be more than half a- million They base their calculations on $.1,000,000, but say they won’t be able to make accurate computa tions until they know the exact amount and the exemptions from federal tax that Tunney, Dempsey and Rickard will claim. -* COUNTY POULTRY MEETING FRIDAY S. P. Hneycutt, president of the County Poultry association, an nounces the regular monthly meet ing of the association for next Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the farmers’ room of the court house. V. W. Lewis, marketing specialist of State Collect Mr. Howard of the Howard Poultry Farm near Dunn, and Mr. DVaper, will be on the p r g r a m . President Honeycutt urges a full attendance as this is an important meeting. Give Him 100. “Now, sir,” said tko professor of medicine, “tell me to what class of maladies insomnia belongs?” “Why—or,” replied the medical student, “it’s a contagious dis ease.” “I never heard it so described. Where did you learn this?” | “From experience. Whenever my neighbor’s dog can’t sleep, I’m |just as wakeful as he is.” -» | When a woman flatters her hus jband it usually means that his pocketbook is going to be flatter, too. I -♦ Not all bedtime stories are broad casted. Club Sponsors Lyceum Course —♦— First Number Will 15e Given on Oct. J8 In Court House; j Evelyn Burt Concert Party I . -* [ The Business and Professional [Women’s club of this city is bring ing to Smithfield this year a four ! number Lyceum course from the Piedmont Bureau of Asheville, j While Smithfield for the past year or two has supported a Chautau qua. the Business and Professional Women’s club is bringing the Ly iceum course to further encourage I good, wholesome, enjoyable, etiuca i tional entertainments. There will ,be no conflict between these two entertainment features. The first j Lyceum number will come in Oc L.btr, and the succeeding numbers in December, January and Febru ary or March. The Chautauqua is scheduled for some time in Nrvem The local club hopes to make the course self-supporting and a sea son ticket sale will be put on be fore the first number which will be presented on Tuesday, October 18. This entertainment will be giv en in the Johnston county court house, anJ will be presented by the Evelyn Burt Concert Party of New York. The company includes only three performers, but they do the work of six people. Only ar tists of wide experience can ac complish such a feat. The program is a feast of musi cal and dramatic entertainment and artistry. Among the groups will be found Spanish, (now so popular), Dutch and Chinese, each given in gorgeous costumes. Violin and piano, together with soprano and baritone voices and dramatic playlets round out a thoroughly ce lightful and inspiring program of rare musical and dramatic enter tainment. * The other numbers are: The Banta Duo, the Allpress All-Star Company, and the Shields Trio. The Banta Duo filled fifty en gagements for the Piedmont Bu reau during 3925 without one ad verse criticism. Edythe Banta has a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice whose tones are pure and natural. Some of the old fashioned songs she presents in charming- costumes. Among her offerings is “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls” from the “Bohemian Girl,” in which op era she appeared while on tour with the Boston Opera Company. Harold Banta is not unknown io the South and Piedmont audiences, having sung leading parts with the Tooley Opera Company. A baritone voice of wide, range that is not soon forgotten. Pianologues and imper sonations, cartoon sketches true to life, go to round out one of the most artistic and popular programs of the season. The Shields Trio is really the three Shields sisters. The program consists of dramatic sketches, mon ologues, songs and period imperso nations. Ivine is a singer. Clarity of enunciation and charm of per sonality captivate her audiences. She is also a pianist of ability. Lauren© is a dramatic reader. Powfer and personality are the fascinating high-lights in her work. She appeals to young and old as she draws from a rich repetoire of both humorous and dramatic se lections. She is also an excellent singer. Hattie-Bell, ’cellist, pos sesses splendid technique and love ly tone. She plays with equal skill the old favorites and the works of me msters. The Allpress All Star organiza tion was founded by Thomas All press, master violinist, composer and arranger of compositions. Mr. Allpress still heads the organiza tion, which has had many years of most successful experiences on the platform concert. The program includes new and original settings of the standard overtures, elabo rate compositions on the old mel odies, such as “The Last Rose cf Summer," “Cornin’ Thro’ the Rye and “The Soul of the Violin." Nov elty music with contrasting ef fects, rhapsodies and reveries and popular ballads make up a won derful program. -4 The News and Critic Laconia, prints this regarding a roadside notice posted in New Hampshire: “By order of the selectmen, cows grazing by the roadside or riding bicycles on the sidewalks is here by forbidden."—Norway (Maine) Advertiser. I L Dry Democrat mmm&k ■r mum*?.* ■ ? mm jBsmmmsmai Kilv\in i Meredith, former Secre tary of Agriculture, seemingly hat been thrust into the shoes vacated 1>> Win. G. McAdoo, as dry leader anc Democratic presidential candidate He says Democratic Dry Progres sives must hold a conference soon t( pick a leader to oppose the A1 Smitl faction Princeton School Opens October 5 -4 M I'.'i rung Will Be Princi pal Again This Year; Twenty Teachers •-4 PRINCETON, Sept. 23.—Wed nesday, October 5, has been set as the opening day for the Princeton graded school. M. P. Young, who has been with this school for the past several years will be princi pal again this year, and the fol lowing corps of efficient teachers nineteen in all, will assist him in making this the most successful year in the history of the school: First grade: Miss Elgie Wood ard, *Kenly; Miss Clyda Woodard,* Kenly. Second grade: Miss Altermis© Boyd, Rocky Mount, Miss Madelnie Trear, Farmville, Va. Third grade: Miss Hattie Hanks, Manning, S. C.; Miss Emma Cox, Cullowhee. Fourth grade: Miss Ora McCor mack, Rowland; Miss Homiselle McCorkle, Salisbury. Fifth grade: Miss Margaret Roberson, , Robersonville; Miss Mary E. Slaughter, Kenly. iSixth grade: Miss Estell Lee, McIntyre, Ga.j Miss Leila Neely, Rock Hill, S. C. Seventh grade: Miss Elizabeth Carawan, Goldsboro; Miss Annie Jones, Homestead, Pa. Eighth grade: Miss Constance Harrellson, Temple, Texas. Ninth grade: Miss Inez Hollo way, Durham. Tenth grade: Mr. Gilbert Boy ette, Kenly. Eleventh grade: Miss Ina Walk er, McCormick, S. C._ Music: Miss Bessie Tomlinson, Wilson. , Principal: M. P. Young, Prince ton. MAGISTRATE ADOPTS BOY RATHER THAN CONVICT DANVILLE, Va., Sept. 23.—Hoge Vernon, Caswell county magistrate, found a novel way of disposing of a case brought to his attention this week. A 16-year-old boy was accused of drunkeness. The evi dence showed that the boy was an orphan and nad small opportuni ties. Instead of convicting him the magistrate adopted him and took him home, on the agreement that the youth should obey him as a CIGARETTE MOTHERS WILL LOSE BABIES j CHICAGO. Sept. 23.—Sixty per cent of all babies born of cigarette 'smoking mothers die before they reach the age of two, due primarily (to nicotine poisoning, Dr. Charles L. Barber, of Lansing, Mich., told the annual convention of the Am erican Association for Medico Physical Research. “A baby born of a cigarette smoking* mother is sick,” he declar ed. “It is poisoned and may die within two weeks of birth. The post mortem shows degeneration of the liver, heart and other organs.” -+. . A dentist says that he had an absent-minded motorist in his chair the other day. “Will you take gas?” he asked. “Year,” replied the absent-mind ed patient, “and you better look at the oil, too.”—Boston Tran script. i 1 CallToArms Democratic Drys Withdrawal of McAdoo From Race For Presidential Nom ination in 128 Stirs Up Ac tion Written Specially for The Herald By ROBERT FULLER (Through Autocaster Service) Withdrawal of William Gibbs McAdoo from the Democratic race for the 1928 presidential nomina tion has stirred up action amongst the progressive drys of that party. Edwin T. Meredith, Des Moines, Iowa, publisher, and former secre tary of agriculture in the Wilson administration, has sounded the call to arms. In some quarters Meredith’s call has been interpreted as an an nouncement that he is in the field for the nomination against Gover nor A1 Smith. That he is ready to assume the anti-Smith leadership laid down by McAdoo. Mr. Meredith will not admit that he is a candidate but he does in sist that it is important that a conference of the progressive drys be held at once. It developed that a formal call for such conference may be issued at once, the meet ing* to be held in Chicago and an effort made to array a battle front which will keep the nomination from going to Governor Smith “by default”, as put by Mr. Meredith. It is said a formal call for the conference may be issued by beorge Milton, Chattanooga, Tenn., publisher, who for eight years has promoted the McAdoo campaigns. It is understood that Mr. Meredith all along has been considered the McAdoo preference, after himself. Mr. Meredith believes the prin cipal issues in 1928 will be farm relief and prohibition, with a plank calling for the strict enforcement of the Volstead act in the Demo cratic national platform. “What do you consider should be the principal issue in the 1928 campaign?” Mr. Meredith was ask ed. “Agriculture,” he replied. “There must be a solution of the farm problem. It is the most important problem in the country. It is not, of course, a partisan question, but, as the present Republican Admin istration seems unlikely to furn ish a satisfactory solution, I be lieve the Democratic party should try to do so.” Mr. Meredith said that the ques tion of Governor Smith’s religion did not enter into the opposition to his nomination in Iowa and adjoin ing states. “Governor Smith, is op posed not because he is a Catholic but because he is wet,” he said. “Senator Walsh is a Catholic and a dry. His nomination would be entirely satisfactory to the ma jority of the dry progressive wing of the Democratic party.” Depreciating talk of his own candidacy, Mr. Meredith named Newton D. Baker of Ohio, former Secretary of War; Senator Joe T. Robinson, of Arkansas; Thomas J. Walsh of Montana; Representa tive Cordell Hull of Tennessee and Daniel C. Roper of Texas as among those whom the dry pro gressive wing of the Democratic party would support. He declared the members of the group would not support Gover nor Smith, Senator Jim Reed of Missouri or Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, for the nomination. TUNNEY WAS DOWN FOR 14 SECONDS FIGHT FILM SHOWS I Chicago, Sept. 23.—Moving pic tures of the Dempsey-Tunney fight showed that Tunney was drwn in the seventh round foi I rOuiteen' seconds, official of the !Chicago Film Laborator Company l which developed the pictures made jby the Goodart Company of New York, announced. I For part of the period, however ‘he pictures showed Dempsey stand ;ing over the champion, or in his own corner before he was waved jt * a far corner by the referee | The pictures showed Tunney wen! down after a right to the jaw. Slow motion pictures of the con test, officials said, revealed no low blows by either contestant. Baptist Campaign Gets Under Way —♦— Associate Chairman For Johnston Association An nounces Schedule of Meet ings Beginning Oct. The Baptist Centennial Cam paign, a movement inaugurated for the purpose of freeing from debt the educational institutions of the Baptists of North Carolina, will get under way in Johnston county the first week in October. The campaign was formally launch ed in the first district on Sept. 15, when 055 men and women from nine associations met at Meredith College in Raleigh, At this meet ing, the chairman and key-woman of each association was presented. Those from the Johnston associa tion are Dwight Barbour and Mrs. |B. A. Hocutt, of Clayton. The associate chairman, Mrs. Hocutt, announces the schedule of meetings which will be held in Johnston county under the direc tion of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Stale and Associa tion as follows: Kenly, Monday, October 3, at 2 p. m.; Clayton. October 4, at 2 p. m.; Benson, Wednesday,. October 5, at 2 p. m.; Selma, Thursday, October 6, at 2 p. m. Mrs. Hocutt urges every woman young and ->i1 to attend one of these meetings o the chu ch of their district if possible, if not, the one most convenient. The meetings will last about an hour and a half. Mrs. Hocutt says, “Do not depend upon the other woman from your church going. Go your-, self and carry others.” There will be a sneaker from W. M. U. headquarters to speak at each point. Also Miss Gertrude Mattison will be jSVesent. T;k> centennial campaign com mittee in the Johnston association is composed of the following-* Rev. I. E. D. Andrews, Mrs. J. M. Beaty, W. H. Britt, Judge F. H. Brooks, A. J. Broughton, H. E. Earp, W. S. Earp, R. H. Gower, N. M. Gurley, Rev. R. F. Hall, Mrs. B. A. Hocutt, Rev. J. E. Kirk, Mrs. N. B. Lewis, Rev. S. S. Mc Greggor, Rev. S. L. Morgan, Mrs. W. J. Sanders, Alonzo Parrish, Elliott S. Poole, Rev. R. L. Shirley, Dr. J. H. Stanley, J. T. Talton, Mrs. Geo. D. Vick, L. C. Yeargan, Jesse Wall. -+ MRS. SMITH ACCEPTS HER BABY DAUGHTER Finally Reconcilede To Child Being a Girl Instead of a Boy As First Believed. j CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 23.— (AP)—Gurgling and cooing her I way into a mother’s heart, the tiny bundle of ^humanity who has been | the center of Cleveland’s “baby I tangle” for the past month was named “Georgia” today after she had been warmly accepted by Mrs. Sam Smith. | “She is a little angel and I will keep her,” Mrs. Smith said as her month old baby girl chinkled up her little nose and smiled while her mother cuddled her close to. her breast. Torn by dotibt 'that the baby girl she nursed was not the child born to her August 22, but one substituted by hospital officials for the “boy” to whom she believed she had given birth, Mrs. Smith at [first failed to respond to the ibaby’s gurgling, cooing and smil ing. Hot disappointe'd tears J splashed on the baby’s cheeks at the mother’s breast* as her heart was torn by doubt. Habeas corpus action, instituted by the child’s father to recover his child, “George Smith,” was dis missed yesterday in common pleas court after Judge Carl V. Wey gandt was convinced Mrs. Smith had the right child. Doubt t still lurked in her mind after the hand of justice had done its part in solving the tangle, but today she was happy. --+ Wrong, But Right. Teacher: “Why was Solomon the wisest man in the world?” Boy: “Because he had so many wives to advise him.” Teacher: (a strong-minded fe male) “That’s not the answer ir the book, but you may go to the head of the class.”—Epworth Era ' Facing East for Hop Ruth FJder, Lakeland, Fla., prize winning beauty, now in New York with her airplane “American Girl." insists she1 will fly the Atlantic to Paris yet this year, piloted by George Haldeman Board Suggests Full Time Nurse -♦ ‘import of Health Officer For hirst Eight Months of the ^ car Is Commended -<► At a special meeting of the county board of health held in the county 1 health office the county board of health made rec ommendations to the county board of commissioners that a full time nurse.be employed in Johnston county to the end that the health ■work of the county may be more adequately done. The splendid type of work done by the county health department, and the big*ness of the task warranted this recommenda tion. The report of Dr. C. C. Mas sey, county health officer, speaks for itself as to what is being ac complished. At the meeting Friday Dr. Massey read a report of the health work including activities from January 1, 1927 through August 31 which was commended by the board of health. His report is as follows: “Epidemiological investigations, 51; contagious diseases quarantin ed and placarded, 327, of which 34 were typhoid fever; vaccinations, complete, against typhoid fever, 7,295; diphtheria, 74G; smallpox, 730. “Tubercular Control: Examina tions by clinician in clinic, 181, positive cases registered, 24. homes visited and instructed 29, ad mitted to institution 4. “Veneral diseases: Cases report ed 35, treatments to indigents, 140. “Visits to jail, 88, convict camps, 48, county home 56, prisoners ex amined and treated 240, specimens (water .and blood) sent to State Laboratory 134, pus examined for Gonococci 42, complete urine analy sis 28. “Urban privies constructed or repaired by special agent from the State Board of Health, 66. “Visits and instructions to 'schools 54, children examined for ordinary defects of teeth, tonsils, eyes, etc., with attention called to same 1713. Children completing course in Good Health Habit for mation 600. “Special examinations: For mar riage 80, children for industry 27, teachers certificated 17, by court !order 7, children for admission to institutions 10, for lunacy 21, post jmortems 3. “Conferences: individual and in a group, 939. “Car miles driven, 7,800.” Present at tne meeting rriuay were: Ur. A. H. Rose, Dr. J. B. Person of Selma, H. B. Marrow and J. D. Underwood. In the absence of C. A. Fitzgerald, chairman, J. D. Underwood, recently elected mayor of Smithfield, an ex-officio member of the county board of health, was elected chairman of the meeting. In a general discuss ion it was the sense of the board that a quarterly meeting should be held. Down For Ten. Him: “You look like a sensible girl, let’s get married.” Her: “Nothing doing. I’m just as sensible as I look.” Much Ginning Done In Texas —*— Jnodly Proportion of Cotton Crop Has Been Picked and Much of It Sold T. R. Hood has received a news paper clipping from C. P. Johnson, >f Paris, Texas, giving- the pres ent condition of the cotton crop in Texas. The report states that a goodly proportion of the Texas I *rop has already been ginned, and that prospects for a top crop are dim. The article is as follows: “With a goodly proportion of the cotton of Texas picked and most of it sold, the week shows but lit tle change in that part of the crop still in the fields. In many sections the prospect of a top crop is be coming exceedingly dim, and much of the cotton still to be picked has been badly damaged by insect pests, correpondents of The Dal las News report. In most sections the crop is far earlier than us ual. Some farmers are holding for a better price. “Poor conditions are the burden . of the reports from the eastern counties in most cases. A yield smaller even than was expected several weeks ag-o is now predict ed in some localities, and damage by pests continues. Fifty per cent less cotton than was raised3 last year is the estimate in a number of cases. Some showers have fall en, but as a rule the weather has been hot and dry. “In Northeast Texas conditions are much the same, though in some cases they appear to be slightly better. The bolls are op ening quickly under good weather conditions. Some districts report a normal yield, but these are the exception. f‘In the north-central counties also the crop is moving quickly. Fair conditions are reported in some counties and good in one or twro. Others are not reporting fa vorably. The northern counties generally say they will have a crop—particularly short in some in stances—with much insect dam age. Northwestern Texas condi tions arc better and ,-n some local ities are good, but in others re ports are unfavorable. The central west counties vary considerably in their reports. Farmers m some districts say they will make no crop at a1’ while others will do' exceptionally weT. The south-cen tral counties are not doing as well. In the Panhandle little change is shown from last week. “Southern Texas and the Gulf Coast regions have practically fin ished picking, and the result is a short crop at good prices. Western Texas has had good w'eather and results in most cases promise | well.” ■■■ -1 - ♦ TAXABLE PROPERTY IN STATE VALUED $2,794,931,063 ! RALEIGH, Sept. 22.—(AP)— Assessed valuation of taxable land 'and property in North Carolina has Ibeen fixed at $2,794,931,069 ac cording to figures compiled today [by the State Board of Assess *ment. This represents an increase of almost forty-nine million dollars over the assessed valuation of the previous year, and is the greatest valuation ever placed on property in North Carolina for taxation purposes with the exception of the year 1920 when post-war prosper ity and the late revaluation shot ,the assessed value of Tar Heel property to above the three bil lion dollar mark. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—i “Wimmin kuint stan* but ona ioke at a time mo specially when, lats bout all dey husban’ iz.”