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Make Your Plans TO SPT T YOUR TOBACCO THIS SEASON —IN— SMITHFIELD “It’s just a little higherc here” IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. -VjJT $2.00 PER YEAR VOLUME 45—NO. 79 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, OCOBER 4, 1927 * * * Boards Consider School Budgei -4 Commissioners Spend Larg Part Of Yesterday Orderin; Tax Releases; Other Item; -♦ The County Board of Commie sioners met in regular sessio here yesterday with every mem ber present. In the afternoon, th County Board of Education me with the commissinoers and th school budget which was present ed at a September meeting wa taken under consideration. No for mal action was taken regarding the budget but it is inferred, frog the fact that the county superin tendent of schools was asked te figure the rate, that the budge; will be approved as presented. At the meeting yesterday the commissioners approved the sal< of six months notes in the amounl of $160,000. The notes were sold to George Craven at 4.50. The most of the day was spent in listening- to tax complaints and the following releases were or dered: IX H. McCullers, Executor of ,,\V. H. McCullers. deceased, was released of $25,000 tax valuation, 1026 tax, Clayton township. H. V. Faulkner was refunded tax on $2000 valuation in Smithfield township. Mrs. Jesse R. Crocker was re leased of 21.8 per cent tax val uation from original listing of $60,926 in Pine Level township. J. M. Boykin was released of $1,760 tax valuation on real estate in O’Neals township. Walter Boykin wras released of $1,760 tax Valuation on real estate in O’Neals township. W. A. Boykin was released of $1,750 tax valuation on real esr tate in O’Neals township. A. R. Beasley was released of $3.00 m mf m fTlfTMwJ $3,635 tax valuation in Cleveland township. Mus. Mattie (Barbour was re leased of $635 tax valuation in Ingrams township. Mrs. J. W. Jones was released of $500 tax valuation on a 33-acre tract of land in Selma township. W. D. Allen was released of $2,000 tax valuation (refund for 1926 tax). B. L. Johnson was released of $963 tax valuation in Elevation township. C. J. Thomas was released of $1,336 tax valuation in Smithfield township. At previous call meetings held in September the following items were disposed of: Cotter-Underwood Company was released of $2,400 tax valuation on J. B. Gardner tract in Boon Hill Cctter-Underwood Company was township. released of $400 tax valuation on 'Villie J. Eason tract. Mrs. M. H. Jones was released of tax valuation on 19 -acres of land in Clayton township, error in listing. Mrs. W. M. Sanders was grant ed $125 to apply on the cost of placing marker on the Bentonville battleground. It was also ordered that fees chaf-ged on papers conveying property at Bentonville battle ground North Carolina Historical Society be canceled, and clerk of court and register of deeds were instructed to make note on their file books of same. The bond of W. F. Grimes, tax collector, in the - sum of $75,000 with a surety company as surety, was approved and filed. The heiress may be homely, but »f she waits for some young man te.ll her so she will never find it out. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field, and if the right one de ciphers his name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, we will present him with a complimentary ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the fol lowing issua. I.inwood Grimes recogniz es name last issue. Tnffay-B Tantalizer: mgeseouldiih I Commands Legion i-u>wru r. spattord of New vork, the unanimous choice of the m?,e3.c,n.Le*l°" for Commander. 1927-28, elected at the Paris Con mention. Tennessee’s Chief Executive Is Dead Governor Peay Passes Away At His Home In Nashville Following Cerebral Hem* I orrhage. I NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 2.— ;(AP)—Governor Austin Peay, chief executive of Tennessee since 11923, died at his home here at j8:05 p. m. The 51-year-old execu tive, the first governor in 100 years to attain the office the third I time in succession, succumbed from the effect of a cerebral hemor rhage which he suffered just be fore 5 ^o’clock this, afternoon, j iSenator Henry Horton, speak er of. the senate and next in line of succession of the gubernatorial office, was on his way to Nash ville from his home in Marshall. He was among the first notified when the governor’s death seem ed but a question of hours. Governor Peay never spoke aft er the initial attack, which came ias he lay in his room, taking an | afternoon nap after a meal at which he was “every bit himself” according to servants, j His groans and heavy breath ling suddenly attracted Mrs. Peay’s attention. She hurriedly summon jed aid, and Dr. Frank Fessey, who j attended Governor Peay during I his first serious illness, and who had been in constant supervision :cver him since, was among the first to reach the mansion. , Only a few’ weeks ago Governor Peay, taking cognizance of pub dished stories that he w;as seeking : the vice presidential nomination on a “Smith and Peay” ticket, an nounced retirment from politics during the next two years, at least, lie made it plain, however,' that he was not “retiring: perma nently.” ■ He said definitely on that oc jeasion that he would not run for United States senator under any |consideration. He had promisee) |voters during his last campaign ho would not aspire to a senator’s jposition from the gubernatorial chair. I Austin Peay was the only gov ernor of his generation to . be jelected for a third term and was the first chief executive of Ten nessee to die while in office. He was born in Christian county, Ken tucky, June 1, 1876. His father was a prosperous land owner and a Confederate veteran. His mother, Mrs. Cornelia Peay, was a de scendant of a prominent family. Young Peay attended the pub lic schools of Christian county, was later a student at Washing ton and Lee university. He was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 18115. Less than a year later he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law. I Following his marriage to Miss Sallie Hurst, of Clarksville, Tenn., he removed there where he main tained a residence the rest of his life. ! -♦ BAPTIST ASSIST METHODISTS IN REVIVAL Rev. S. S. McGregor, pastor of Pisgah Baptist church, is assisting Rev. G. W. Pratt, Methodist min ister of Garner, in a series of revival meetings at Mount Zion this week. The meetings will prob Jably continue for ten days. Baptist Campaign Is In Full Swing ■ -4 Twenty-fifth Anniversary Of Johnston Association Will Be Celebrated Nov. 1 and 2. -4 j By REV. S. L. MORGAN ' I In Baptist quarters the atmos [phere is becoming: tense with ex pectancy. Great things are about to happen. The Centennial Cam paign is getting in full swing in all Eastern North Carolina. Last Sunday in a good many of the churches of the Johnston associa tion visiting speakers told about the need for a forward movement in education under our church aus pices, and more definitely about the need of raising $1,500,00 to put our seven Baptist colleges, including one high school, on a cash basis, and give them better equipment. This effort to inform the churches will continue for a week or two. Next Sunday, Octo ber 9, speakers are scheduled as follows: at 11 a. m., Rev. S. S. 'McGregor, at Antioch; F. H. Brooks, at Blackman’s Grove; E. B. Dozier, of Wake Forest, at Carter’s Chapel; Rev. A. L. Brown, at Kenly; Elmer Cloer, of Wake Forest, at Shiloh; Prof. G. E. Lineberry, at Selma, and Pres ident J. A. Campbell, of Camp bell College, at Benson. At 7:30 on the same day: F. H. Brooks at Four Oaks, S. S. McGregor at Middlesex, A. L. Brown at Pis g*ah, and Dr. J. A. Campbell at Smithfield. Un luesday evening, Oct. 11, a banquet will be given in Smith field to chairmen and committee members from the 45 churches of the association, men and wom en, when it is confidently expect ed that at least 125 leading rep resentatives from th e churches sit down together and listen to some thrilling addresses from out standing men in the denomination. Wednesday-Friday of this week, Oct. 5-7, many of the churches will meet daily in prayer services, responding to the insistent call sent out from the General Board of the Baptist State Convention to observe these days in an earn est “concert of prayer” for all our work, but especially for the suc cess of the Centennial campaign. The hope is that most of the churches will meet in large num bers each evening in earnest pray er services. October 23-26 one of the ablest of Southern Baptist leaders will be the guest of the Selma church— Dr. J. T. Henderson, of Knoxville, the head of the Laymen’s .move ment and Stewardship Secretary of the Southern Baptist Conven tion. We dare to hope that it will be regarded as a privilege for all the Johnston association, and that delegations will go from many of the churches for at least the night sessions at the Selma church. He is a great layman and a stirring speaker, and it would begin a new day for our churches, if the deacons and other church officials would attend these meet UlfcVl. On the fifth Sunday in October the associational B. Y. P. U. will meet in an all day session at Pis gah. Several hundred of the young people of the association are ex pected to attend, and to make this an epoch-making evenit in the young people’s work of the as sociation. Then comes the session of the Johnston Association at Selma on November 1-2. This will be in the nature of the celebration of its 25th anniversary. It was organized there 25 years ago, and the pro gram committee is planning to make it, if possible, the greatest session in its history. Mr. R. II. Gower, who has been moderator during* all the 25 years of its his tory, will make a short address on the history of the body, and dis tinguished visitors have already accepted invitations to be on the program, among them being I)r. B. W. Spilman and Dr. Francis P. Gaines, the new president of Wake Forest College. Church letter blanks have been sent out to all church clerks, with an earnest re quest to fill out every blank as fully and legibly as possible, and to send to Rev. R. L. Shirley of Selma before the association meets, that he may tabulate the date and be prepared to display it on the large blackboard on the first day of the session. Ready For .World-* Series’ Fray ’$$$&& ; OEHRICh_ :=-HUG". - -.THE BABE^MwF * l/KUTOCAgTCttl Big trio of the Nfw \ ork Yankees which will hold their share of’ he spotlight in the world series play In Gehrig and Ruth Manager Huggins has two of the greatest sluggers ever known to the gamj Dr. Hocutt Buys 1 Out Baugh Dairy; —♦— -•'i| Moves Herd To His Lone Pine j Farm And Plans To En large Business. -♦ Dr. B. A. Hocutt has gone into the dairy business and he is pre aring to give Clayton a dairy serv- | ice equal to bo found in the cities'. Just recently, he has bought out the Baugh dairy and has moved this herd to his Lone* Pine Farm, where he was already keeping a number of fine milkers. With the addition of the Baugh dairy herd, Dr. Ilocutt now has about fifteen fine milch cows, and he is planning1 to add more from time to time as | needed. Up at the Lone Pine Farm, Dr. I Hocutt is fixing things up right to care for his cows, looking after : their comfort as to the proper feed I and housing, and he is strong on cleanliness. He has a good barn, | warm and tight when needed, and provided with modern feeding and I provided with modern; milking conveniences. His dairy house lo- * cated a short distance from the iiimung sneu, was noi large enougn to care for his increased business and this is being- enlarged by the addition of an adjoining building, which will have a concrete floor and running water. Before he decided to enlarge his dairy business, Dr. Hocutt began a year ago to look out for the feed ing of his cattle. He planted” a large part of his farm to feed stuff^ suitable for milk producing, and for thy past few weeks he has been busy housing* these crops and storing them for winter’s use. A large silo has been built and all last week men were busy filling this silo* with the richest kind of feedstuffs. Into the cutting ma chine goes corn stalk, fodder, ears and all, with pea-vine hay,- stock peas and other green feeds, to be, cut into half-inch pieces, the whole mixed together and carried by a flume to (;he top of the silo, where it is poured in and packed down. During the winter months when there is no green feed avail able, the contents of the silo will be used, and it is fine for cattle. Mr. Charlie Bailey will have charge of the dairy and with his assistants will give Clayton as good dairy service as is possible to give.—Clayton New's. Confirmation Service 0« Wedneday evening at eight |o’clock, a confirmation service will | be held here at the Episcopal church. Right Reverend Joseph Blount Cheshire of Raleigh and jRev. Morrison Bethea will have charge of the service. State Is Split On Smith Candidacy ——■*— McLean Says Lines Will Be Drawn Within Next Few Months -♦ An Associated Press dispatch published in daily papers yester day stated that “political litterings grow apace in North Carolina newspapers.” It further states “The recent statement of Wil liam Gibbs McAdoo detaching himself from the 1928 national democratic convention arena, an nouncing his negation of any can didacy for the democratic nomi nation for president was received without comment from Tarheelia. “The statement left the arena to A1 Smith alone, and there has followed some talk of approval of Smith’s candidacy and some of disapproval. Discussion has re mained around Smith, favorably and adversely. Those publicly op posing Smith have nairfcd no body. “Govcrnar Angus W. McLean believes sentiment in North Car olina and the nation generally has not crystallized to the point where accurate predictions may be made as to the prooame democratic nominee. “He believes, however, lines will be drawn more definitely within the next few months. At the same time he has refrained from com ment on withdrawal of McAdoo from being quoted on the chances of Smith. “Sentiment, he does say, ap pears to be much divided at the present time. As to the republican 2nd, his observation places Hughes in the lead, followed by Hoover, Dawes and Lowden. (Continued on Page 3) CONTINE SEARCH FOR GOLDEN EAGLE PLANE WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—(AP) —The sending of a naval vessel to Johnson Island, 750 miles south west of, the Hawaiian Islands to renew the search for the Golden Eagle, one of the planes lost in the Dole San Francisco to Hono lulu air derby, was authorized to-! day by President Coolidge. A sea going tug probably will be used. -+ TWO GIRLS DROWNED IN ISLAND CREEK PADUCAH, Ky., Oct. 1.(API Swollen wUters of Island Creek today gave up the bodies of two little girls who were carried to death in the muddy current yes terday afternoon. The victims were Maggie Louherrington, 13, and Ruby Gladys Rose, 12. The bodies were found nearly a mile below the point where1 they fell into the creek while playnig. Edwin Sanders Is Hurt At Gin -4 Gets Right Hand Mangled By Saw; Is Rushed To Smith field Where Wound Is Dres sed. Edwin Sanders, nephew cf C. Ij. Sanders, with whom he made his home,* had the'misfortune yester day to pet his right hand caught in the saw at his uncle’s gin, bad ly mangling it. The accident took place about ten o’clock and he w*.s rushed to .Smithfield immediate ly where the wounded hand was dressed in the office of Dr. Thcl Hooks. It was found that the fore finger was severed at the second joint, the bones of the third fin ger were crushed, and the other fingers badly cut and mangled. It was necessary to administer an anaesthetic, and he remained in the doctor’s office for the remain ier of the day. Young Sanders graduated from ugh school here a year ago. He is t brother of Robert Sanders, who s with the First and Citizens Na ional Rank. OFFICERS POUR OUT 700 GALLONS OF BEER Johnston county officers poured lut about 700 gallons of beer last Wednesday in Clevlcand township near Swift creek. No still was bund, and no perons were with the ( beer when discoveifd. The offi- ^ lers were: T. E. Talton, W. W. c Steward, R. D. iMarler, I^rcy Wood, C. C. Williams, R. C. Hock- ] tday and L. D. Parker. : ALFRED JOHNSON DEAD M.r. Alfred Johnson died sud- ( lenly at his home in Elevation < ;ownship Sunday night about mid- i night. He had beerr, in feeble 1 health for about five years but . was as well as usual when he re- ( tired Sunday night. , Mr. Johnson was twice married, ] the first time to Miss Amelia i Dixon. One child, Mrs. D. B. Bar- , hour, survives, this union. His t second wife was before he mar- , riage Miss Emiiji Barbour. She ] together with two small children, , t’ollie and William, survive. T The funeral was held yesterday ( afternoon at three o'clock and in :erment was made in the family ] burying ground. i GEORGETOWN SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS 2 EARTHQUAKES WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—(AP) —Two sharp earth disturbances wore recorded early today on the seismograph of Georgetown uni versity. Director Tondorf estimat ed the center of the tremors to be about 1J100 miles northeast of Washington. The first disturbance jccurred around midnight, lasting aearly 15 minutes, while the sec jnd began at 4:36 a. m., and last ed about one hour. I 1 t 1 t 1 I CARLOAD SHIPMENTS ' BREAK STATE RECORD 1 RALEIGH, Oct. 2.—Carlot J shipments of fruits and vegetables * from North Carolina for the 11)27 1 season already have broken all 1 records for shipments from this state. So far this season farmers 3f this state have shipped 17,719 • carloads of these commodities to s sther states as' compared with 16, 315 for the entire 1926 season, 15, 214 for the 1925 season, 16,802 for 1 the 1924 season, 11,712 for the ' 193 season, 11,642 for the 1922 season and 10,326 for the season of 1921. The present increase is attrib uted by Commissioner William A. Graham to the fact that North Carolina farmers are putting the doctrine of diversification into practice, in that they are depend ing less on cotton, tobacco and other staples. -* Discover New Clothes Moth Cure. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 1.—(AP) —Discovery of a new clothes moth cure, known as chichona alaka lodis, was announced today by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Re search. The repellant, which, it is said, will save millions of dollars in clothing, was found a'fter six years work by Lloyd E. Jackson and Miss Helen E. Wassel senior and junior industrial fellows of the institute. -+ Promises may get thee friends, but non-l^erformance "will turn them into enemies.—Benjamin Franklin. National President Mrs. hdward Stark of Camden, ! N J., elected National President i 3f the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign wars at tfiq i initial encampment at Providencej Little Girl Is Struck By Auto Carolyn Howell Is Knocked' Down; X-ray Assures That! No Serious Injury Sustain-: ed- ,«. : -♦ Thursday afternoon, little Car- ' lyn Howell, seven-year-old daugn er of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Howell ' f this city was knocked down by 1 0 automobile driven by Dr. W. J.'1 !. Orr, but sustained no serious)1 ijury. The accident occurred near j he Victory theatre, which is op rated by Mr. Howell. Mr. How- 1 11 had parked his car across the 1 treet from the theatre and the ! ittle g«irl started to cross the 1 treet to get into the car. Dr. ' )rr’s car struck her in one side nd she fell, her head hitting the lavement. Dr. Orr carried her ome, and an examination show d there was no serious injury. 1 in X-ray picture examination fas made at the Johnston County lospital Saturday which satisfied i he physicians that no hurt had ! esulted. The little girl was able 1 o return to school yesterday. This is the second child to be ! nocked down on the streets of •mithfield within a week’s time. J. N. C. EXTENSION CLASSES ! START HERE THIS WEEK < The University of North Caro- { ina will give two extension , courses in Smithfield beginning his week and lasting for sixteen } reeks. Each course will meet once week and will give two semester j. ours of degree or teachers’ cer- |, ification credit. Any teacher who holds a stand- j rd state certificate can secure ^ oth reading circle and certifies- i ion credit for this course, pro- j ided fourteen of the sixteen meet- I tigs are attended and a passing*! :rade is made. In addition, de-1 ree credit will be given to those t'ho meet the entrance require rients of the University. A course in Ed E. 5a, 19th Cen tury Literature, was organized esterday afternoon at four o’clock 1 X the courthouse, and a class in History E. la, Foundations of Modern History, will be started icxt Friday afternoon at the same 1 lour and place. RY AN INDIVIDUAL FARM EXHIBIT The splendid prizes—four and wo tons of Naco fertilizer—have ittracted the attention of farmers hroughout the cdunty, and sever il individual farm exhibits are ex acted to be shown at the Smith ield Township Improvement Fair o be held on October 21 ancf 22 j it the Armory. Entries should be ( nade with Secretary W. N. Holt | )y October 10 in order that de sirable space may be reserved, rhese prizes may be competed for oy any farmer in the county. Points to be judged include: variety, 20 points; quality, 30 points; educa tion value, 30 points, and arrange ment, 20 points. The exhibit should show products from field, orchard, garden and pantry. J. A. Smith is chairman of this department of the fair. Why is it that ust when every body in the gathering is enjoying the occasion someone has to make a speech? Prominent Men At Poultry Meeting —— *~ Marketing Poultry And Eggs 1 Is Discussed; Housing And Feeding Poultry Studied. -♦ The Johnston County Poultry Association held its regtiDf*. itionthly meeting Friday after? noon in the farmers’ room of the courthouse. Mr. S. P. Honeycutt of Benson, president of the asso ciation, presided. ( J. B. Slack, Benson, was elect ed secretary-treasurer to succeed !\irs. Alice Easom of Selma who; •esigned some time ag*o. After routine business had been attend ed to, a talk was made by Mr. [tlsher of the N. C. Division of! Vfarkets on the marketing of pou!-: :ry and eggs; and also discussed! he different grades of poultry as| hey are usually used in car loti ■hipments. Mr. Risher advise,'!! igainst the heavy feeding of pouI-| ry on corn and soybeans before! lelivering it to the car for load-! ng. Poultry thus fed is docked to i considerable extent in weight,! md not only causes a loss to tjiel armers on account of being do<*k-| •d in weight, but will also cause! tn actual loss in body weight be-i ause of the fact that the bird vill absorb moisture from its •ody to digest this dry food. K he poultry is fed before delivery o the car it should be fed on wet nash, stated Mr. Risher. Mr. Draper, representative ofj he Buckeye Incubator Manufac-i uring company, was also present it the n^eting and offered hir! ervices to the association at any! ime at which they saw fit to cal! >rr him. Mr. K£nny Howard followed| Kk Draper with a short talk about! White Leghorns vs. the hea^ vj ireeds. Mr. Howfard also stated hat he had installed a new in •irbator for the coming! season vhich would be used for hatching ggs from blood-tested flocks only, ind offered this service' to the nembers of the association who vould want hatching done thii eason. J. B. Slack made a short tab on the housing and feeding u loultry. In regard to housing Mr slack stated that the main essen ials in housing poultry is to giv | he birds a dry house with plenty! •f ventilation, yet so arrang-ad a-I o protect the birds from draft j He also stated Hhat the bfirdyl oust have plenty of the right kind* •f food in order to be able! o produce eggs. A laying maslf hould be kept before the bird f it all times. Two formulas for m home-mixed laying m^sh wer«l riven. • V. NORRIS PASSES i AWAY AT HOME NEAR HER if L. V. Norris, who lived mead he county home, passed awa} ?.| he Johnston County Hospital earl I ■esterday morning about l:?.(j >’clock following a short illne ■ [ ie was taken seriously ill Sundry! ifternoon and was brought to *• | lospital, but he failed to respan 1 :o treatment, passing away wi’ I n a few hours. He was thirty| :hree years old, and leaves a w.‘| and five small children. The funeral will be held t<-:! morning at eleven o’clock at P ?ah Baptist church. The servi• will be conducted by Rev. D. Johnson, Rev. H. R. Faircloth a Rev. S. S. McGregor. Interim • will take place in the cemetcrj at the church. AUNT ROXIE SAYS By Me— “Bad news iz lake sum peep hit rambles beyont the circle i hits importance."
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