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VOLUME 45
NO. 87
SMITHFIELD N. C.. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1927
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Session County
Welfare Bo arc
jjjyv Qua i ters For Tubercula
Patients at County Horn
Will Soon He Ready Fo
Occupancy
y Quarters for tuberculosis pa
tients which are now being: erect
ed at the county home will shortly
be ready for occupancy, according
to Mrs. D. J. Thurston, county
welfare superintendent in her re
port of the quarterly session c
the county board of welfare which
met on Wednesday, October 2G, r l
the home of the chairman, Mis*
Mattie Pou in this city. By the
courtesy of Dr. C. C. Massey, the
county health officer, a tentative
sketch of the new building was
shown. Preston Woodall, of Ben
son, in discussing this provision for
tubercular patients, expressed pub
lic sentiment when he commended
the county commissioners in taking
this forward step for preventing
the disease by segregating its vie
At the meeting' Wednesday a
full report was given by the sup
erintendent of welfare on Mother’s
Aid, outside and inside paupers,
poor relief, and school attendance.
All these reports were accepted,
after which the meeting was
thrown open for a discussion of
problems that confront this board.
The first topic considered was
provision for the families of pris
oners. This was discussed spirited
ly and with concrete examples,
many helpful suggestions being ad
vanced. Miss Mattie Pau made a
motion, which was carried, that
the Johnston county board of wel
fare go on record as favoring* and
working for the introduction of a
bill providing for the families of
prisoners by a wage system.
Discussion also centered around
the disposition of sub-normal
school children, and a motion was
put before the body by Dr. B. A.
Hocutt, of Clayton, that the board
recommend through the press and
civic organizations that in the
consolidated schools of the county
dm defectives be grouped in one
?rade with a teacher who has talc
rn a special course at CasweM
Training school. This motion also
carried. It was brought out
that this enables the other grades
to advance more rapidly and puts
the children needing special meth
ods and attention under one who
can intelligently direct them. In
the consolidated schools there are
usually enough of these children
to justify a specially trained
teacher.
After these discussions the
meeting adjourned, all of the mem
bers having been urged to attend
the all day welfare conference of
the central district in Raleigh on
November 29. Further notice of
this meeting, with the printed
Program, will appear later.
rivh
f
those hot-shot marriages for
which that state is so famous.
Hardison made no statement be
fore he was incarcerated in the
county jail, but the young bride
cried a little and said she loved
German and thought they would
be happy together if allowed to
, settle down. She was returned to
her home by immediate members
of her family.
One, Minson McLamb, of Har
nett county, is also charged in the
warrant with aiding- and abetting
in the abduction, and his arrest
was ordered from the clerk’s of
fice upon the arrest of Hardison.
SMITH FI ELI) WELCOM ES
NEW ENTERPRISE
J. Y. Weaver and A. L. Crutch
field of Raleigh have opened up an
up to date garage here on East
Market street in the building for
merly occupied by the Spear Mo
tor company. The style of this
new firm is the Smithfield Garage
and Machine company. This ga
rage is equipped for doing all
kinds of repair work on saw mills,
boilers, and gas and oil engines
as well as on automobiles.
Mr. Weaver, who will have
charge of the mechanical depart
ment, has had twenty-five years’
experience as a machinist. For the
past several years he has held a
position with the Raleigh Iron
Works. Mr. Weaver expects to
move his family here within the
next few weeks.
Mr. Crutchfield will have charge
of the office and accessory depart
ment. Mr. Crutchfield formerly
lived here, being manager of the
local A&P Grocery store here at
that time. He has moved his fam
ily here and has an apartment in
Mrs. A. S. Johnston’s home.
This new garage which was op
ened yesterday, will carry in stock
Texaco gas and oils, also parts for
all makes of cars. General re
pair work for automobiles will be
a specialty. The proprietors of this
firm will appreciate the patronage
of the public.
CARTER-MASSEY CLUB TO
HAVE CAKE CONTEST
At a meeting: of the Carter
Massey home demonstration club
held at the Massey school house
Friday, it was decided to hold a
cake contest on Tuesday evening,
November 22, the proceeds to be
used for fitting up the old Mas- ;
sey school building as a club room
and community center.
The school has been consolidated
with Princeton, and the building
is now available as a community j
center, and the ladies are losing
no time in making it over into as
attractive a place as possible. An
all day meeting with a delicious
dinner served on the grounds was
the first step in this direction, (
plans being laid at this time for
certain improvements to be made.
The cake contest will be conduct
ed according to the rules of the
Snowdrift company which gives
the prizes. The cakes must be made
with Snowdrift, and a certificate
or slip shown from the grocer that
Snowdrift has been purchased. The
first prize is five dollars, the sec
ond, three dollars, and the third,
one dollar. Two mayonnaise sets
will be given as fourth and fifth
prizes. The Carter-Massey club
proposes after the cakes have been
judged to sell them at auction the
proceeds to be used for the club
room. An interesting program is
being planned.
Present at the meeting Friday
were Rev. D. E. Earnhardt and
Mrs. T. J. Lassiter. After a dem
onstration in the use of Duco for
decorative purposes by Miss Gar
rison, Mr. Earnhardt made a short
,talk on the value of a community
I spirit. |
Annual Report
Local Baptists
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Contributions Total Approxi
mately $5,400; Total Mem
bership Now .379; Associa
tion Starts To-day
The Smithfield Baptist church
at the close of the service last
Sunday morning heard the reading
of the annual report to the John
ston association, which meets today
at Selma. The report showed an
encouraging year’s work. There
had been 51 additions to the church,
21 of them by baptism, the pres
ent membership as reported being
37‘J. Contributions for the year
were about $3,800 for local ex
penses, and $1,600 for benevolences,
a total of approximtely $5,400. A
senior and an intermediate B. Y. P.
U. were reported in a flourishing
condition, as were five departments j
of the Woman’s Missionary Union.
The Sunday school reported a mem
bership of 334, with an average
attendance of 180, and total con
tributions of $570.86.
Delegates elected to attend the
associational meeting at Selma arc !
B. J. Holleman, M. A. Wallace, L.
T. Royall, and Mesdames J. M.
Beaty, B. J. Holleman, M. A. Wal
lace, O. C. Cawley and Miss Lal
!ah Rookh Stephenson.
The leading numbers on the pro
gram today include an address at 1
10:40 by a returned missionary '■
from Africa, Mr. J. C. Powell; the '
introductory sermon at 11:45 by i
Dr. I. E. D. Andrews, of Clayton, I
and an address at 3:15 by Dr. F. '
P. Gaines, President of W'ake For- 1
stxCollege. Tomorrow the lead- i
ng attractions are the address of i
)r. B. W. Spilman at 10:45, “Lights i
and Shadows in Kingdom Build
ng”; an address by Dr. C. E. Mad- 1
Iry at 11:20, and the missionary
ermon at 12 by Rev. J. E. Kirk, of
lenson. One of the most inter- ;
*sting features is reserved for the i
ast hour of the session, when Mod- <
rator R. H. Gower, who has served j
n this capacity for the 25 years (
)f the history of the body, will i
peak on the 25 years of the his- 1
ory of the association, which will i
ae followed by an anniversary ad- ■
iress by Dr. Livingstone Johnson, (
editor of the Biblical Recorder. 1
CARSON THORNTON IN JAIL; :
CHARGE OF ABANDONMENT <
Carson Thornton, a white man <
of Four Oaks, who deserted his t
wife and family there in the early :
part of the summer, was arrested I
in Greensboro last Friday and, on 1
the following: day, was brought to i
Smithfield and lodged in jail in de- ’
fault of a SI.000 appearance bond t
for his appearance before the Re- t
corder of Johnston count today, 1
November 1.
The warrant charges abandon- i
rnent, but it seems that his ab- t
sence from the county has been a
carnival of high crimes and th^ i
outlook now indicates that he will 1
ultimately go into the Superior ;
court on graver charges.
There is a woman in the case, <
but nothing definite has been i
learned bearing upon her respon- i
sibility in the case. It is stated ]
that she is now in jail in Greens- ’
boro, and will be returned to this 1
city immediately. <
FORMER MEMBER CABINET '
TO VISIT IN THIS STATE
Mr. Hugh A. Page, manager of ;
the Page Insurance agency at .
Clayton, and Mr. R. L. Isaacs of ;
Raleigh, have been notified by Mi. ,
George K. Sargent, 2nd vice-pres- ,
ident of the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York that Mr.
David Franklin Houston, folrmer
secretary of agriculture of Pres-\
ident Wilson’s cabinet, now presi
dent of the Mutul Life Insurance
company of New York, will visit
this state November 1, 2 and 3.
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J. H. COLTRAIN DEAD
J. H. Coltrain passed away at
his home near Smithfield last Mon
day morning at about two o’clock
following a long illness of two
years or more. He was in his 71st
year.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at Nahunta Quaker
church in Wayne county, the serv
ice being conducted by Rev. J. H.
Whitley of Kenly.
The deceased leaves a wife ami
seven children, as follows: Mrs.
E. L. Snipes of this city, C. F.,
G. H. Coltrain, Nettie Alma. Wade,
James and Marvin Coltrain who
live near town.
The "Average” Man
koy L. Gray, Ft. Madison la.,
has been termed America’s “aver
age” citizen. The American Mag
azine, after careful survey, gives
the title to Gray because he earnd
an average income; conducts a oneJ
nian tailor shop and clothing store
in the average small sized town;
belongs to church—but doesn’t at
tend regularly; has an average ed
ucation; and his principal interests
are in his family of wife and twe
children—and his business.
Asks Stores To
Close On Nov. 11
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Mayor J. I). Underwood Issues
Proclamation Asking Citi
zens to Observe Armistice
Day
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Nine years ago the United
States of America entered into a
compact with other sovereigns of
the world to end war. At the pres
ent time America is at peace with
the sovereigns of God’s kingdom.
On the eleventh of November since
that memorable day in the year
nineteen hundred and eighteen the
nations of the world have offic
ially recognized November 11 of
every calendar year as Armistice
Day, the day of peace, the ceasing
af hostilities; the day when Amer
ica’s young manhood should cease
being placed upon the altar of sac
rifice for machine gun and shrap
nel, gas and hand grenade, ma
chine gun and cannon, and count
less other weapons of war; the
:lay when every American heart
should rejoice reverently that our
own America is safe, a day when
each and every American should
turn with thankful hearts to the
young manhood and 'womanhood of
this country who participated in
that horrible conflict and pay them
*s heroes of the world’s greatest
Aai me recognition and acclaim
hat is so justly theirs and to these
ear heroes who so gallantly gave
heir lives that the rest of the
world might endure a reverent
grayer unto Almighty God that
:hey have not died in vain;
Now, therefore, I, J. D. Under
wood mayor of the city of Smith
ield do hereby proclaim and set
apart, Friday, November 11, as
Armistice Day, and I do further
.‘all upon our people of Smithfield
and vicinity to regard and honor
:he day by closing their respective
alaces of business and joining i*\
with the citizens of Johnston coun
ty by participating in Johnston
county’s annual tribute to the ex
service men of our county in cel
ebration of Armistice day.
Done in the city of Smithfield,
N. C., on this the 1st day of No
vember, 1927, in the year of our
Lord in the one hundred andfifty
second year of our American In
dependence.
J. D. UNDERWOOD, Mayor.
By the Mayor:
W. L. FULLER, City Clerk.
UETHODIST I.AIMES TO
CONDUCT CAKE CONTEST
The ladies of the Methodist mis
sionary society will hold a calte
contest on Thursday, Novenfber
10. The contest is under the direc
:ion of the Southern Cotton 0.1
company and each cake must be
made with Snowdrift, a slip from
the grocer showing that a can of
Snowdrift has been bought being
one of the requirements. Nine dol
lars in cash will be given as prizes.
The cakes will be donated for the
Armistice Day celebration at Ben
son on the eleventh. Those W'ho
will contribute a cake in this con
test are requested to notify Mrs.
The!. Hooks, president of the
Methodist auxiliary,
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Any man who works only for
pay seldom does his best.
Clayton Forms
A Musical Club
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Object of Organization:
Study, Performance, Socia
bility; Mrs. Charles Gulley
Is President
I CLAYTON, Oct. 28.—Since Clay
i ton is one of the most musical
towns in the state, it is surprising
j that a music club has been non
existent until recently. Doubtless,
i however, it has been the very fact
| that appreciation of music is so
■ general that has seemed to depre
jciate the need of such an organi
zation.
In the past few weeks, the out
standing musicians of the town
have united their talents and en
, erg-ies to the high purpose of sin-,
cere musical study and expression
through an organization to be
known as the Musician’s Club of
Clayton. The object of the club
will be three-fold: study,
performance and sociability. The
subject of present study is the
light opera, Martha, by Flotow;
I excerpts from which will be given
publicly from time to time, through
the Woman’s club.
! The initial meeting of the club
was held at the home of Mrs. War
ren McCullers, at which time of
! ficers were elected and plans of
'organization adopted. At the close
iof the meeting the hostess served
dainty refreshments.
The first official meeting was
,held Friday evening, October 21,
| with Mrs. Charles Gulley, presi
dent, as hostess. After a most in
teresting* business session, the
musicians adjourned to give place
to a most enjoyable social hour.
The hostess assisted by Misses
Baxley, Baker, Foy and Davis
served delicious candle salad, sal
| tines and coffee,
j It is the sincere wish of each
musician that through their unit
ed efforts they may not only add
to their own fund of knowledge
and pleasure, foiit through their
combined energies their capacity
for serving the community will oe
increased.
The officers and members of the
Musicians’ Club are as follows:
President, Mrs. Chas. Gulley.
Vice-president, Mrs. C. M.
Thomas.
Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Sam
White.
Librarian, Mrs. Harry Brooks.
Press Reporter, Miss Florence
H. Winstead.
Mesdames John Talton, C. H.
Beddingfield, Warren McCullers,
Robbie Sanders, J. J. Young, Miss
Bessie Lee Poole and Messrs. Nor
velle Bryan and Van Stringfield.
DR. MCBRAYER TO BE
HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Dr. L. B. McBrayer, tubercu
losis specialist, who ha? been con
nected with the State Sanatorium,
will deliver an address on “Tuber
culosis” at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening. All the pray
er meetings of the town have giv
en way their services for this oc
casion, and a large crowd is an
ticipated. Dr. McBrayer comes to
Smithfield under the auspices of
the Woman’s club.
Dr. McBrayer, who is secretary
treasurer of the North Carolina
Medical Society, is among the best
authorities in the state and in he
south on the subject of tubercu
losis. He is also one of the most
fluent speakers to be had on the
subject. Those hearing Dr. Mc
Brayer are always highly pleased
with his style and are greatly ben
efited by the information he give;.
The public is cordially invited to
hear him.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—
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■ "’"P?
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“Wash Linkum haz lite feet ever
! sense he red dat new book on
lettiecat.”