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Make Your Plans TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO THIS SEASON —IN— SMITHFIELD “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. 84 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Col. Abell Donor Spelling Prizes Old Fashioned Spelling Bet A Feature of This Eve ning's Program of The Fair. • The Old Fashioned Spelling- Bee Jpjfhich is to be held during the Smithfiold Township Fair as a pan of the evening program for this , veiling, October 21, will take place at 7:30 in the courthouse. Col. Ed. S. Abell of Smithfield is the donor of the prizes which are: first prize, $10 in gold; second prize, $5.00 in pold. The spelling* bee is open to j any bona fide resident of Smith- | field township. The arrangements „f this feature of the program is j in charge of the following com- j mittee: II. B. Marrow, J. A. Wei- j Ions and F. H. Brooks. The above committee has work ed out the following rules govern- | ing the contest: " * RILES. All those participating in the old ; fashioned spelling* bee will line up j as directed by the judges and word | dictator. Words will be given from each , end of the line to the other with j one chance to each participant, j Each one missing a word will sit j down at the direction of the I judges. This process will continue | \until all except one have been spell- ; ed down. The one who remains! standing will be awarded the first j. prize and <he last one that was !( seated will be awarded the second ! Words will be taken from Mas- j •cry of Words, Book II”, which \i \ u-ed in all the schools and can be easily obtained. • Miss Mattie Pou, Dr. L. D. Whar ton, and Mrs. Sadie Puckett Pal mer have been appointed judges, and Rev. D. E. ^Earnhardt will give out the words. —— The Friday evening program >f 1 the township fair which includes ' besides the old fashioned spelling bee a chicken-calling contest, hog calling contest, and stunts bids ' fair to be the occasion of the fair. ' .FINDS PURSE WITH $110 jjf AT BANNER WAREHOUSE . Honesty is not a lost virtue in Johnston county, a concrete illus tration having been brought to our attention this week. Roby Wal lace, who lives on the place of W. H. Lassiter near town, found last Friday in the Banner warehouse, a purse which contained $110 in cash. There was not a thing about the purse to indicate who the own cr Might he. Mr. Wallace told Mr. Lassiter about his find and they decided to place it in the bank in . ease some one should claim • it. Fure enough, a Mr. Ingram, of | near Micro, soon reported to Mr. \ Lassiter who works at the ware v’Use, that he had lost his purse the stated amount of money. Mr. Ingram was overjoyed and offer ed to divide the money with Mr. Lassiter who refused to accept any Part of it. On Monday Mr. Wal *'iCC turned the purse over to the I'-ghtful owner. first snow of season IN NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday found folks in this see tiun getting out their winter wraps, putting up stoves and lay ing in fuel, for the wintry wihd was piercing and the day unusual ly raw for the season. Reports from other parts of the Mate tell of snow in Yancey, Hen derson, Mitchell, Wautauga and Haywood counties. It snowed all '*a>' at Blowing Rock though it melte<i as fast as it hit the ground. There is many an untied knot a <-*ord of wood. Tantali. izer Thorp are exactly enough let s 'n the line below to spell fi.'i ,namo, °f a person in Smith unfl. the right one de , ' *>i3 name and will prc w If.,0 The Herald office, cnm Pr<-‘sent him with a ViHnT,tary ticket t0 the be mf 7j}eatre* Tickets must lowing f°r bofore the fol uwing issu0i. John O. Jones recognized fh,!S ,la*«e last issue. loflay-s -rantallzer: jssvadmiao New ■Dry Cheif 1Ji 1-. Sojtt McHridc, who sue :<cds the late Wayne I'. Whedei ts general Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, with head quarters in Washinuio" Teachers Meeting Here On Oct. 29 -♦ mx Months Teachers Will Talk Over Plans For Open ing of School On Monday. October 31. -+ County Superintendent H. B. Harrow is calling a meeting of he six months teachers and com nitteenien to be held on Saturday, October 29 at ten o’clock in the courthouse. At a meeting of the bounty Board of Education held >n October .‘1, the opening of the iix months’ schools was set for October 31, and this meeting is n preparation for that event. Mr. Marrow in a letter sent to eachers of the six months’ schools nikes the following statement: “This meeting* is very important tnd every teacher’s work begins vith the opening of this meeting. •Ve do not think it is unreasonable to expect to see every teacher )resent and we hope that at least ome of the committeemen from ‘very school will be present. Plans or the year’s work will be gone >ver at this time and if a teacher s to work intelligently in the county she certainly must know vhat the plans are. “All of our white teachers andi ill of the colored teachers are re-' juested to bring with them their certificates in order that they may >e recorded in the office at this neeting for unless a teacher holds it least an elementary B certifi cate she cannot teach in Johnston “The colored teachers will meet or two days—Friday and Satur lay, October 28 and 21)—in the fohnston County Training School n Smithfield. The extension class ’or the colored teachers will be Degun on Saturday, October 20, md the colored committeemen are •equested to be present on Satur lay. The same thing* applies to the colored teachers with reference to >eing present and bringing their •ertificates. NEGRO HURT ON HIGHWAY A middle aged negro by the lame of Ranse Sanders was hit )y a car while walking along the paved road about half a mile of hour Oaks early Wednesday night, and was knocked down and very painfully hurt. At the time of the accident, a car driven by Allen Johnson, a cotton buyer of Four Oaks, was passing another car. Mr. Johnson states that he did see nhe pedestrian until the car struck him. The negro was immediately brought to the Johnston County Hospital for treatment. At the last report he was getting along nicely, though considerably bruis ed and shaken up. His injuries sire not considered ser ous. Presbyterian Services. Oakland Church Sunday morn ing*. Sermon by pastor. Smithfieid Sunday night, 7:30, sermon by the pastor. Public cordially invited. Presbyterian Services, October 23. .Providence 11 a. m. Sermon by pastor. Flower’s Mission, 3 p. m. Ser mon by Rev. Chester Alexander. Spence Chapel, 7:30 p. m. Ser mon by pastor. The public is cordially invited to worship with us. Recorder’s Court Again In Session -4 Tuesday and Wednesday De voted To Trial of Criminal Cases; Heavy Docket. -♦ The following cases were tried and disposed of in Recorder’s court here this week: John Wilson and Viola Snipes were charged with reckless driv ing*. Viola Snipes was found not guilty. John Wilson was convict ed of careless and reckless driving. He was fined $50 and required to pay the cost. For assault with deadly weapon, Guthrie Beasley was sentenced to the roads for three months and taxed with the cost. Dennis Vinson, who was convic ed of non-support and assault, was sent to the roads for 90 days. He was also taxed with the cost. The state failed to convict L. D. Allen, charged with violation of the prohibition law. Preston Starling was in court on three counts—carrying a con cealed weapon, assault and curs ing on public highway—and was convicted .on all three. For carry ing concealed weapon he was given 150 days on the roads. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment °f a $50 fine and the cost. For assault, he received a 30 day road sentence. The road sen tence was suspended ujpon the payment of a $10 fine and the cost. On the charge of cursing on a public highway, prayer for judg ment was continued on payment Cephia McLamb was found guil ty of violating the prohibition lav/. He was given 30 days on the road and was required to pay costs. The state took a nol pros with leave in the case 'against Sain Jones, who was charged with as sault. D. F. Tolley was charged with reckless driving and assault. Not guilty. G. O. Cable, who was charged with assault, speeding and care less and reckless driving, was con victed only of speeding. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of cost. Hubert Mitchell was tried and convicted of violating the prohibi tion law and of operating a mo tor vehicle while intoxicated. For operating car while intoxicated, he was sentenced to the roads for 60 'lays, the road sentence to be sus pended upon the payment of S50 fine and cost, and on condition that he does not violate the pro hibition law again. On charge of possession of whiskey, he was sen tenced to the roads for 30 days. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment of a $10 fine and costs. The defendant is not to operate a motor vehicle again in the next 90 days. Eric Peacock, charged with as sault with deadly weapon, was not convicted uaston Kaynor was charg*ed with assault. The state took a nol pros with leave. Gaston Raynor was in court on another count charging cruelty wo animals.' lie was found guilty anil fined $25 and one-third the cost. Tried with him were B. C. Mas sengill and Robbie Massengill, changed with assault. They en tered a plea of guilty. Each de fendant was fined $25 and required to pay one-third the cost. The state took a nol pros with leave in the case against Charley Stewart, who was charged with disposing of mortgaged property. FIRST NUMBER OP LYCEUM PLEASES The first number of the Lyceum course to he given here this win ter—the Evelyn Burt Concert Party—was very good and compli mentary remarks about the enter tainment have been freely made since the performance. The enter tainment which was held in the courthouse, consisted of music, story, and characterizatiions of several nationalities. The violinist was particularly good, and Miss Burt, in her songs and readings was popular with the audience. Those present were appreciative evidencing their interest by close attention and repeated encores. Miss Burt privately expressed her pleasure at the receptive audience. The second Lyceum number ap pears on November 29. HON. CHAS. ROSS TO SPEAK HERE SATURDAY A feature of the fair pro gram for Saturday will be an address by Hon. Chas. Ross, of Raleigh, Assistant Attorn ey General. The address will be delivered in the court house about noon. The public is invited to hear his message which is sure to be worth while. The address will come after the parade whith is sceduled, to form at eleven o’clock. Bit Of History In Old Document -4 Johnston County States Rights Men Protest and Threaten Before Taking Final Step. An old document that dates back before the War Between the States, and which gives an inter esting bit of histoiry concerning Johnston county -is in the possess ion of L. W. Bagley, of Winston Salem. Mr. Bagley is a native of Johnston county born in Smithfie’.d while his father was clerk of the court. He spent his boyhood days, however, in Beulah township, and since growing up has lived the most of his life out of the county. Mr. Bagley wrote the Herald that he had this document in his scrap book which might be of in terest to Johnston county folk, and upon request he kindly sends a copy for publication. No date is on u u t ivi r. me uufuineia, uut ivir. cagiey states that, from information in his possession, it was in the year 1861 and the meeting referred to was held on February 4, 1861. The document reads as follows: “At a meeting of the State’s Right Men of Johnston county he'd at the courthouse in Smithfield o»>: Saturday the 23 inst., for the purpose of nominating candidates to represent Johnston county in the convention to assemble in Ral eigh, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: “PREAMBLE: “Whereas, the political crisis of our country threatens the disrup tion of our Government, by i.ie election of a Sectional Black-Re publidan to the -.Presidency and Vice-'Presidency of the United States, whose principles and plat form are so obnoxious and inim ical to the Constitution of the United States, and to the common institutions of the South; therefore be it “Resolved 1st, That we will never under any circumstances, consent to the administration of the Government upon Black-Re publication principles. “Resolved, 2nd, That while we cherish an ardent and sincere de votion to the Constitution and Union of the States, and have ever -been willing to sustan any equit able and fair settlement of the present unhappy difficulties which distract the peace and harmony of (Continued on Page Six) PH HENDERSON TO ADDRESS BAPTISTS Dr. J. T. Henderson, of Knox ville, Tenn., the secretary of the Baptist Brotherhood of the South, will address a mass meeting in the Selma Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. He is a speaker of remarkable force, and this is considered an event for the Baptist churches of all the Johnston association. It is hop ed that all the churches in this vicinity will avail themselves of this opportunity. The meet ing Sunday afternoon is for women as well as men. Other meetings will be announced. Dr. Henderson being expected to remain several days with the Selma church. Baptist Church. 'Sunday school 9:30. Preaching by the pastor at 11 and 7:30. Next Sunday begins the fifth year of his pastorate, and the morning serv ice will aim to, give a backward and a forward look, with special interest and value to all the mem bers. “My Fifth Year—Why? and What?" will be the topic. A full attendance of the members is very earnestly desired. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. 6:45. Senior B. Y. P. U. Monday 7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30. Traffic Cop Pulls Bladen Co. Officer -♦ C. R. Davis, deputy clerk of the court of Bladen county, was pulled by Traffic Cop T. E. Talton on highway number 22 Wednesday night for speeding. He was run ning at a rate of 60 miles per hour, headed toward Four Oaks. He put up a $10 cash bond for appear ance in magistrate’s court on the 25th. Johnston Co. Road Controversy Ends Supreme Court Sustains Judge Harris’ Refusal To Grant Restraining Order! Brought By Benson Citi- j zens. The decision of the Supreme 1 court handed down Wednesday in j the matter of the restraining or der brought by certain citizens of Benson to prevent the State High way Commission from building two roads in Johnston county, knocked into a cocked hat the prop osition of these Benson citizens presented to the county commis sioners and the county road board here Tuesday. The Supreme court upheld the ruling of Judge W. C. Harris who heard the case some months ago. uie Lite m; ture passed an act by which it took away the right of the State ' Highway Commission to accept further Joans from, counties, the Johnston county commissioners made an arrangement with the ■ State Highway Commission by which a half million dollars loaned in 1925 for Completing a link in Highway 22 should be used in con- i structing two other roads, one from Smithfield toward Clinton and another from a point in Highway 22 to Zebulon, instead of being paid back to the county commis sioners as provided under tho orig inal contract. • Benson citizens objected to the arrangement because they felt they had been discriminated again st and brought suit to restrain the carrying out of the contract be cause it was contended that a rump session of the board of com missioners was held in the office of the State Highway Commission. • Judge Harris held that the reso lution was adopted at a regular session of the board of commis sioners and dissolved the injunc- j tion. A joint session of the county commissioners and the county high way commission was held here on Tuesday for the purpose of hear-1 ing Benson on this matter again. At this meeting, a proposition was made that the Benson citizens would withdraw’ their suit provid ed the two boards wrould make every effort to cause the State Highway Commission to take over, build, and maintain a road from Benson toward Newton Grove. If tins proposition was turned down, they stated that they expected to push the case in Supreme court. The two boards appeared reason able in their consideration of the ultimatum handed to them and ex pressed their willingness to make recommendations to the State Highway Commission provided the recommendations would not upset the proposed Henderson-Clinton highway. A resolution was adopt ed which read in part, as follows: “Whereas, A. S. Oliver et als, plaintiff in the suit of A. S. Oliver et als vs. State Highway Commis sion, have made a proposal of withdrawal of the suit now pending in the Supreme court of North Carolina: “And, whereas, in consideration of the immediate withdrawal of said suit from the Supreme court they have requested the Board of County. Commissioners of John ston County and the County High way Commissioners of Johnston county to endorse and recommend to the State Highway Commission that they take over and adopt as a part of the State Highway sys tem the road leading from Benson to Newton Grove, and that they immediately undertake the main tenance of said road as a sandclay road with the understanding that as soon as the funds are available that this road will be oil or as phalt treated or hardsurfaced; the (Continued on Page Six) ♦ • Final Rites For Judge Robinson —♦— Impressive Services Held In Catholic Church Goldsboro Tuesday; Sketch of His Life. GOLDSBORO, Oct. 18.—The funeral services of Judgte W. S. O’B. Robinson, beloved and oldest member of the Goldsboro bar, were conducted from St. Mary’s Cath olic church at 12 o’clock on Tues day by Father Freeman, assisted oy Father O’Mara. The church, softly lighted with handles, was filled to overflowing with friends and relatives. With impressive words Father Jernigam oaid a beautiful tribute to Judge Robinson’s memory. After this the beautiful Catholic burial service was read in Latin by Father Free man and Father O’Mara. Then as >ne of the choir boys advanced with the cross Father Freeman sprinkled the casket with holy wa :er, and afterwards burned incense jntil the church was filled with ;he sweet aroma. After the service the casket covered with a beautiful fl'oral jlanket of roses and ferns was ’ollowed ou£ of the church by the ’amily and friends and was taken ;o Willow Dale cemetery where the •emains were tenderly laid to rest ind covered with the many beauti ui nowers sent oy loving menus. Judge Robinson had suffered vith heart trouble for about three nonths, and his death Monday eve ling was not unexpected. Judge Robinson was a son of rohn Robinson, a member of the 'acuity of the University of Dub in, of Dublin, Ireland. Professor Robinson resigned his position with :he University of Dublin in 1847 ind, with his wife and two chili iren, came to this country and settled in North Carolina. He aught school in the upper part of Lenoir county, a few miles east )f White Hall. Here, on the 27 of \pril, 1852, Judge Robinson was >om. READ LAW UNDER PEARSON. Judge Robinson acquired much )f his early education by his un aided efforts. After studying* in the Goldsboro Male Academy he "ead law under Richmond Pearson, ?ormer Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court. Admitted to the oar in . January, 1876, he came to Joldsboro in the following year. Judge Robinson early became identified with the Republican oarty. In 1880 he was a Presiden tial elector and led the state ticket oy 588 votes. In April, 1882, he >vas appointed United States At torney fort the Eastern District of North Carolina and served un :il 1885. At one time he was a candidate for Congress. ELECTED JUDGE. He served with ability and fidel ity as receiver of the First Na tional Bank of Wilmington. In 1895 he was elected judge of che Superior court, serving for ?ig!it fears. After the expiration of his term as judge he resumed the prac tice of law in Goldsboro and con tinued to practice until a few weeks ag*o. He was at one time National Committeeman of the Republican party from North Car olina. Judge Robinson was twice mar ried. His first wife was Miss Grace Moseley, of Weldon, and his sec ond wife was Miss Annie Pierce, of Weldon. By his first wife are his three sons, all being lawyers, W. S. O’B. Robinson, Jr., and John M. Robinson, of Charlotte, and Rus sell Robinson, of Greensboro. By his second marriage, Judge Rob inson leaves one son, Master Black well Robinson, eleven years of ago. The other surviving members of his family are his sisters, Mrs. Margaret Robinson Cox and Miss Eliza Davis Robinson, of Newton Grove. Mrs. Mary Robinson Mor ris, of Goldsboro, and one brother, Colonel Joseph E. Robinson, editor of the Goldsboro Daily Argus. Judge Robinson was a life-long member of the Catholic church and stood high in its councils. On motion of H. B. Parker Esq., now the oldest member in point of service of the Goldsboro bar, the Wayne county Superior court ad journed Monday morning until aft «r the funeral in honor of Judge Robinson, who was the oldest mem ber and the dean of the Wayne county bar. _ I Has Own Dry Law Mr- - i'!:, ilTu-U'-i W Iowa Park. Tex., wli" ha'* broken up two ioinc-brc\v parties of servants on ner property, once being sent tc i hospital to stop the flow of blooc! ,vhen cut by flying glass as she de nolished bottles. Report Made Of Baptist Campaign -♦ Five thousand of Quota Sub scribed; Smithfield Leads With More Than $1,800; < To Report Again Tuesday. : Last Tuesday night another ban- ] quet was given in Smithfield to the workers in the Baptist Centennial Campaign in the Johnston Asso- ' ciation. The Woman’s club room , was filled to its capacity by the , diners, about 65 being present. Dr. C. E. Maddry, State Corresponding ^ Secretary of the North Carolina , Baptist Convention, was present and made a stirring talk, urging that Baptists of this generatioin , owe it to those who have gone be- . fore to build worthily on the foun dation which tljey laid by their sacrifices, and to make the seven Baptist colleges in the state ade quate to the ever-growing needs of the present generation. He I brought reports of the progress of < the campaign in other sections, which he said are on the whole de cidedly encouraging. The most interesting feature of 1 the meeting was the display of re turns from the canvass of the churches in the Johnston associa tion. A chart was displayed bear ing the names of all the 45 churches in the association, and a represen tative of each church present call ed out the number of subscriptions taken to date in his church and the aggregate amount subscribed. Though only a few churches as yet reported anything like a com plete canvass, the amount reported was more than $5,000, the Smith field church leading with above $1,800. The canvasser^ will meet at an other supper in Smithfield next Tuesday,* October 25, when it is hoped that reports will show the canvass nearly complete, with most of the quota subscribed which is $25,000 for the association. Miss rulghuni Honored. Selma, Oct. 10.—Mrs. jLuther O’Neal was hostess at a Hallowe’en bridge party Friday evening at the home of Mrs. C. A. Corbett in ( honor of Miss Sadyee Fulghum, whose marriage to Mr. C. Linwood Richardson will take place in No vember. The Hallowe’en idea wras carried out in the tally cards and decora tions. A salad" course was served by Miss Gladys Corbett, after which the hostess presented to the bride-elect a handsome piece of china. Mrs. J. D. Massey making high score was given a box of hand painted handkerchiefs. .The conso lation, a perfume container went to Mrs. F. M. Waters. Those playing were Mesdames R. D. Blackburn, Stanley Armitage, A. C. Buckner, F. M. Waters, J. D. Massey, Gordon Whitaker, J. W. Peedin and Misses Mildred Per kins, Mabel Oliver, Esther Hoff meister, Ethel Corbett and Saydee Fulghum. -+ • The interest you have to pay on borrowed trouble is usury. Read the first in- !1 stallment of II “IDLE ISLAND” I in this issue in u r Reminiscenes Of John A. Mitchiner Tells of Slave Purchased P.y Mitchiner Family; Descend ants Now Living In John ston Countv. -♦ John A. Mitchiner, who perhaps tnows more interesting things .•oncerning Johnston county than iny man living in the couty to-* lay, has contributed to the Her ild an article that many will rend .vith interest. The article concerns i slave girl bought by Samuel Mitchiner in October, 1801, ju?£ 126 years ago. Mr. Mitchiner has n his possession the deed convey • ng this slave girl to the Milch nor family. It is yellow with age, ind the paper on which it is wrrU en is frayed where it had been olded that Mr. Mitchiner has had t framed for preservation. The handwriting, while old-fashioned, s quite legible. The document reads as fol ows: “State of North Carolina, John-* ton County. “Know all men by these present hat I, Thomas Folsom, of th^ ounty and state aforesaid for an i n consideration of the sum of two lundred and five silver dollars to ne in hand paid by Samuel Mitch ner of the aforesaid state and ounty, before the sealing and de ivery of these presents the re eipt whereof I do acknowledge, ind myself fully satisfied content ind paid have granted, bargained, old and delivered and by these ►resents do for myself my h ;.rs lo absolutely grant, bargain, sell ind deliver to the said Samuel ditchiner one certain negro girl, lave by the name of Tamer, of he ag-e of seven years on or about . his time, to have and to hold to ;he said Samuel Mitchiner the iforesaid negro girl slave, Tamer, vith all and singular her future ncrease to him and his heirs and assigns forever; and I the said Fhomas Folsom do for myself, my leirs, executors and administrators varrant and defend the title A17 ;he aforesaid negro girl slavo, famer, with her future increase to lim the said Samuel Mitchiner, his leirs and assigns forever against he complete claim or claims of all tnd every person or persons what soever claiming by, from or under ne. ' “In witness whereof I the said rhomas Folsom have hereunto set ny hand and seal the 19th day of October, A. D. 1801. Signed, Sealed and Delivered—• “THOS. FOLSOM, (SEAL) On the opposite side of the 'doc ument was the following court record: ‘THOMAS FOLSOM to SAMUEL MITCHINER Bill of Sale for Negro Girl, Tam*? State of North Carolina, Johnston County, November seventh, 1801. The executor of this bill oi sale :luly acknowledge in* open cour: by Thomas Folsom and ordered to 1m registered. R. J. SANDERS. Registered in the Registry Of. fice of Johnston County in Book A,. No. 2, page 142. N. B. STEVENS, Register.” Mr. Mitchiner writes: The above negro girl, Tamer, was allotted to my father] Agr nwv Mitchiner, in the division of the slaves amnogst his children. She lived until after emancipation fo about five years, and no doubt these were the hardest year of her life. I remember old Aunt Tamer and her husband or mate as old Uncle Buck. They were both (Continued on Page Six) AUNT ROXIE SAYT IT By Me— “De stuff dey calls whiskey ruw# adays jedgin’ how hit works i«j ^sooyside drfcps,” * ~ 4