Meet Your wBuddies” At Benson Next Friday, November 11th
Make Your Plans
TO SELL
YOUR TOBACCO
THIS SEASON
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SMITHFIELD
“It’s just a little
highere here”
Emrlib
Established 1882
IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
VOLUME 45—NO. 88
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SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1927
¥ * *
$2.00 PER YEAR
Stop Signals And
Express Delivery
Subjects For Discussion At
Kivvanis Meeting; Petition
Circulated For Free Ex
press Delivery.
A petition presented by B. J.
Holleman, chairman of the Under
privileged Child committee of Ki
vvani.s, asking for stop signals at
Hood's corner and at the corner
of Third street at Victory theater,
was unanimously adopted by the
Kiwanis club in regular meeting
yesterday. Traffic at these two cor
ners where there are hundreds of
school children passing each day,
has become so heavy that the mem
bers of the club thought the peti
tion most timely. The petition will
be presented to the city fathers by
B. J. Holleman.
W. N. Holt was the author of n
petition asking the officials of the
American Railway Express com
pany for free delivery service for
Smith field. The business here is
large enough to justify such ac
tion by the company, and Mr. Holt
is circulating the petition for more
signatures before forwarding* same
to the officials of the company.
The speaker of the day was Prof.
Fred Waters of Selma, who dis
cussed methods of efficiency in
Kiwanis activities. Mr. Waters re
ported that the representatives of
the local club. Geo. Ragsdale, El
mer Wellons and Norman Shepard
were well behaved at the Durham
convention. Dr. J. W. Whitehead
was presented with a birthday
cake, having forty candes. The
cake was a gift of his dear friend
Walter Fuller, and was a cake of
corn bread purchased from J. H.
Fort’s barbecue stand. Dr. White
head was too much overcome to
make a speech. It is said that this
stunt was borrowed from the B&P
club.
KILL TWO BEARS
N. C. Farrell, of Greensboro,
general superintendent of Ziegler
brothers, contractors, along with
a party of hunters passed through
the city Wednesday on route home
after a hunting trip to the eastern
part of the state. The hunters
stated that they killed two black
bears near Pungo, in Beaufort
county, one weighing 127 pounds
and the other 172. They were car-,
rying one of the hears to Greens
boro.
KENLY BASKETEERS are
VICTORIOUS IN OPENER
KENLY, Nov. 2.—The local high
school basketball five won their
opening battle over the Red and
Gold tossers here tonight by the
score of 31 to 2fi. From the open
ing of the second half until the
cn(l the last quarter, the charges
of Coach Cotton were easy victors
over the town’s strong red and gold
eagers composed of former college
and high school stars. For the high
quint, the work of Lester Watson,
left forward, was a feature, the
little forward chalking up nine
field goals and one foul, while K.
Kannon and Kenneth Watson far
the town five played well on the
defense. The high quint plays Ben
son here Monday night.
1’AX COLLECTOR .moves
INTO NEW OFFICE
Tax Collector W. F. Grimes is
now installed in his office on the
second floor of the courthouse, in
the eastern end, next door to the
t'^unty treasurer. His office as
sistant is Miss Eva Johnson, who
formerly held a position in this
cit*v "’ith H. D. Ellington. Mr.
Grimes moved into his quarters
^ov- h The new tax books are not
ready for collections to begin.
Tantalizer
There are evartiv enough let
.[■rs ,n the line below to spell
o name of a person in Smith
r5nK aml the r*Kbt one de
C-Pners his name and will nrc
if In The Herald office,
wo will present him with a
complimentary ticket to the
u'ctol7 Theatre. Tickets must
o caUed for before the fol
lowing issue.
Bruce Lee recognized his
n**»e last issue.
Todays -rnninflTet:
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If He Chooses
syrocAST ci
McCoy,
of Pennsylvania, is the unanimous
.choice of all factions and can havei
tf he chooses, the post as Gover
nor-General of the Philippines,
held until recently by the late Gen
Special Term Of
Superior Court
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Civil Cases Will Be Heard
For a Week Beginning On
November 21; List of Jur
ors
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A special term of Superior court
for the trial of civil cases in John
ston county has been arranged,
which will convene here on Mon
day, November 21. The court
will continue for one week. It is
not definitely known at this time
who will preside, but it is expect
ed that Judge Henry A. Grady of
Clinton will be the presiding judge.
The following jurors have been
named for this special term of
court: J. J. Godwin, Beulah town
ship; J. H. Ogburn, Pleasant Grove;
G. W. Dorman, Pleasant Grove; T.
H. Daughtry, Smithfield; Eli Olive,
Boon Hill; Claude Hill, Smithfield;
E. F. Weaver, Bentonvile; J. E.
Gregory, Smithfield; Ralph Hill,
Meadow; H. N. Jernigan, Meadow;
Walter B. Godwin, Pine Level;
Jesse W. Bailey, O’Neals; Ed D.
Davis, Beulah; O. C. Williams,
Meadow; 1). C. Smith, Meadow; L.
B. Woodard, Boon Hill; I). F. Pee
din, Boon Hill; S. B. Johnson,
Smithfield; L. Z. Woodard Beulah;
A. L. Massengill, Ingrams; L. W.
Brannan, O’Neals; Archie Barbour,
Elevation; J. W. Blinson, Clayton;
A. S. Creech, Smithfield.
NEGRO IS SHOT WHILE
WALKING ON HIGHWAY
A negro by the name of Sam
Harrison was shot between the
eyes Tuesday while walking along
the highway between Pine Level
and Princeton. According to the
story which the negro told, he was
walking along eating a can of sal
mon when he was hit with a bul
let. Two boys arc said to have
done the shooting, but they imme
diately got away. The negro was
picked up and taken to Dr. R. S.
Stevens' ofiicle in Princeton. Dr.
Stevens in turn brought him to
the Johnstoi/ county hospital
where Dr. J. Tl. Fitzgerald ex
tracted the bullet.
Unless complications set in, the
negro is expected to live.
KENLY HIGH QUINT
TRAINING AT FAST PACE
KENLY, Nov. 2.—The charges
of Coach Cotton are training* at a
fast pace this week for the open
ing battle of the 11)27-28 basket
ball season which opens here Mon
day night when the fast local high
team stacks up against the strong
Benson quint. The locals are put
ting in real practice as they have
played the Kenly town five on two
different occasions and have made
a great showing against their
larger and more experienced op
ponents. The regular five have been
chosen by Coach Cotton which in
clude Braxton Watson, center;
Kannon. right forward; C. Alford,
Lester Watson, left forward; Fred
left guard, and Thomas Kannon or
L. Ballance, right gu-ard. Tin
first game of the season will get
underway about eight o’clock next
Monday night and a large crowd
is expected.
Get Out the Almanac.
Beautiful residences for rent on
Main Street. Five blocks from the
Everglades. Apply at Real Estate
office ai^v time during* low tide.
Local Men To Go
To Masonic Meet
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Scottish Rites Masons Will
Hold Fall Reunion In Wil
' min^ton On November 8.
9 and 10.
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L. G. Stevens, H. V. Rose and
J. D. Underwood from this city
are scheduled to attend the fall
reunion of Scottish Rite Masons in
Wilmington on November 8, 9 and
10. The degrees from the Fourth
to the Thirty-second will be con
ferred during those three days.
The schedule of the work fol
lows:
Beginning Tuesday, November
8, the class for the Fourth, to the
Fourteenth degrees will report and
register 9:30 a. m. At 11:00 a. m.
the fourth degree will be conferr
ed; fifth at 11:45; sixth at 12:45
p. m.; lunch in the Temple at 1:15
p. m.; degree work following with
the seventh at 2:00 p. m.; contin
uing until 7:00 when supper will
be served in the Temple and the
Fourteenth degree following at
8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, November 9, the
class for the degrees fifteenth to
eighteenth assembles 8:30 a. m.;
fifteenth degree being conferred at
9:30 if. m.; and the eighteenth de
gree at 11:00 a. m.; lunch in the
Temple at 1:30 p. m. The nine
teenth degree begins at 2:15 p. m.,
and at 6:00 p. m. supper will oe
served in the Temple, followed oy
the Twentieth degree at 7:00 p. m.
Thursday, November 10, the class
work begins at 10:00 a. m., and
continues until 1:00 p. m. when
lunch is served, the degree work
beginning again at 2:30 p. m. with
the thirtieth. Supper at 6:30 p. m.
after which the thirty-first and
thirty-second deg-rees will be con
ferred.
The announcement states that
the Scottish Rite is for the man
who is not afraid to think, who is
willing to confront the great prob
lems of Faith and Philosophy, and
the fundamental issues.of life, and
to think them through to a candid
and courageous conclusion. In the
realm of religion, it emphasizes not
only toleration, but freedom of re
ligious thought, inspiring men to
be the courageous champions of
opinions founded on intelligence
and mental honesty. It teaches a
reverence for God without super
stition and makes a powerful plea
fo^ government without political or
religious tyranny. It exalts relig
ion, not as a dim puff of star-dust
lost in the haze of the milky-way,
but as an everyday working pro
gram of life. To the man who loves
Mental Honesty it offers a con
genial field of activity the fellow
ship of kindred minds, the inspi
ration of a great host of choice
men, consecrated to the highest
ideals of private and public vir
tue.
RAID FILLING STATION;
FIND HALF GALLON LIQUOR
Deputies T. E. Talton and John
O. Ellington arrested Kemp Starl
ing* and Elmer Price on whiskey
charges early yesterday morning
about two o’clock. These men run
a filling station near Pine Level
on highway number 10. The officers
found a half gallon of whiskey.
Starling and Price each gave a
$200 bond for appearance in Re
corder’s court next Tuesday.
S. S. JUNIORS TO HOLD
BANQUET THIS EVENIN'!!
The officers and teachers of the
Junior Department of the Metho
dist Sunday school -will have as
their guests this evening all mem
bers of the junior department and
the members of the two classes
■which were promoted in October.
The entertainment will be in the
nature u f a banquet, which will
be served in the basement of the
church at G:!!0 o'clock. The sup
erintendent, Miss Bettie Lee San
ders, requests parents to remind
their children to be present. About
seventy-five guests are expected.
DOG KILLS 25 CHICKENS
FROM FLOCK OF THIRTY
Tuesday night. C. M. Johnson,
who lives on South Sixth street,
lost 25 frying-size chickens from
his chicken house, the chickens sup
posedly having been killed by a
dog. There were thirty-one in the
flock and only six were left. Mr.
Johnson states that he saw dog
tracks in the chicken house.
GASOLINE WAR RAGING
IN THIS CITY NOW
Slashing has been going on in
neighboring towns for some time,
but Smithfield was able to prevent
a solid phalanx against lowered
gasoline prices until this week
when the battle began to rage. The
price, which had been 23 cents,
started down, and by Tuesday
some of the gas dealers were sell
ing it at 21 cents. Wednesday,
every gas ‘sign in town read 20
cents. Whether this price is rock
bottom, remains to be seen.
Frank Rines At
School Tues. Eve.
Nationally Famous Cartoon
ist, Humorist and Vocalist
To Give Entertainment.1
Tuesday, November 8 at the
school auditorium there will be
presented a unique and interesting
entertainment by Frank Rines, na
tionally famous rapid sketch ar
tist, lecturer and singer. Mr. Rines
will be assisted in the musical part
of the program by his brother,
Albert D. Rines, singer and en
tertainer. Frank Rines is one of
the best known cartoonist in the
country and his inimitable humor
ous cartoon address on “Uncle Sam
and His Folks” has delighted
scores of thousands of people in
thirty states of the union. This is
the address he will deliver here,
and all lovers of clean, wholesome
fun and good music will be charm
ed with the entertainment. He
will draw over a score of pictures,
some of them very elaborate, in
which he will use a dozen differ
ent colors of lecturers chalk, and
some of them less elaborate, using
merely a few sketchy strokes of
the chalk, but making these strokes
put his audience in gales ot laugh
ter.
Frank C. Goodman, secretary of
the Greater New York Federation
of churches, writes: “Frank Rines
is undoubtedly one of the leading
platform cartoonists before the
public in America today. During
ten years varied experience as a
minister of the gospel and evan
gelist, and as a Chautauqua enter
tainer, he has visited many states,
presenting his unique evening of
“Sketch, Song and Story.” Few en
tertainers are so versatile as he,
for besides his possessing gr%t
talent in the cartoonist art, he s
a baritone singer of note, and also
a most pleasing and able speaker.
“Mr. Rines is especially clever in
his ‘evolution’ style of cartoon,
changing* with great rapidity the
structure and effect of a drawing,
so that the result—the finished pic
ture—is entirely different to what
the commencement would indicate.
Faces famous in state, nation and
world at large are seen upon the
paper as the cartoonist plys his
art, and local characters have their
place as well—don’t be surprised if
you see your own picture! To sum
up this is the sort of entertain
ment you have desired for a long
while—here’s your opportunity.”
These two men, the Rines broth
ers, are both ministers of the gos
pel, and have recently completed
a great revival campaign in Fay
etteville. An editorial in the Fay
etteville Observer said 'recently,
“The Rines brothers, perfectly
wonderful aingers and most con
secrated ministers of the real gos
pel, have drawn great crowds to
the Hay Street Methodist church.”
Members of the local Business
and Professional Woman’s club
who were recently guests of the
Fayetteville club, will welcome
this opportunity to hear Frank
Rines again. He was the speaker
on that occasion and his message
still lingers with those who heard
him. Mr. Rines was in Smithfield
some months ago when he booked
the Lyceum course here.
The Rines brothers come to
Smithfield next Tuesday evening
under the auspices of the- school
and a part of the proceeds will b?
turped over to the athletic asso
ciation.
MRS. CREECH ATTENDS
ANNIVERSARY OCCASION
Mrs. Chas. Creech returner!
home Wednesday from Abbeville,
S. C., where she attended a cele
bration of the fiftieth wedding an
niversary of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Hollingsworth. The an
niversary which was on Nov. 1st,
was celebrated by a family reunion
and iyery one of eight sons and
daughters were present.
1 i
Recorder’s Court
Has Full Docket
L-arge Number of Criminal
Cases Disposed Of Tues
day and Wednesday Of
This Week.
Recorder’s court met in regular
session here Tuesday morning and
continued through Wednesday. The
following cases were tried and dis
posed of during these two days:
Zeb Jones was found guilty of
assault with deadly weapon. He
was sentenced to the roads for 60
days and taxed with the cost, the
road sentence to be suspended
upon the payment of a S50 fine and
cost. He took an appeal to Su
perior court.
Monroe McLamb was sentenced
to the roads for 60 days and tax
ed with the cost for violating the
prohibition law. He took an ap
peal.
Easter Boylan was found guilty
of possessing and transporting liq
uor and was sent to the county
jail for 60 days to be worked as
the sheriff sees fit. She was also
required to pay the cost.
W. V. Boone was fined §10 and
taxed with the cost for violating
the prohibition law.
Allman Westbrook entered* a
plea of guilty to operating a mo
tor vehicle while intoxicated. A
60 day road sentence was sus
pended upon the payment of a $50
fine and on condition that he does
not violate the prohibition laws
again in next two years. He was
also taxed with the cost. The de
fendant is not to operate a motor
vehicle again during the next 00
days.
Charlie Tomlinson was in court
charged with operating a car
“while intoxicated, but was not con
victed. He was found guilty of vi
olation of the prohibition law and
was given a 90 day road sentence
The road sentence was suspended
upon the payment of a $100 fine
and a cost.
For being drunk and disorderly,
.Edgar Johnson was fined $10 and
taxed with the cost.
For operating a car while intox
icated, Willie Hayes received a 12
months road sentence, was requir
ed to pay a $50 fine and was re
strained from driving a motor ve
hicle for a term of 12 months. The
road sentence is to be suspended
upon the condition that the fine
and cost are paid on the day of
this judgment; that the defendant
does not operate a motor vehicle
for a period of 12 months; that the
said defendant does not drink, have
in his possession, manufacture,
transport or aid and abet in any
person’s drinking, posseting, man
ufacturing or tranporting any in
toxicating* liquors of any kinds or
descriptions; that the said defend
ant does not leave his home or is
not absent from his home after
one hour after sunset of any day
unless he is in the immediate com
pany of his wife or father for a
period of 12 months; and that he
apply himself to some honorable
pursuit and otherwise be indus
trious and support himself and
family, all for a period of two
years unless otherwise set out
specifically in this judgment. The
defendant agreed to and joined in
this judgment after having read
the same over, and signed his
name as evidence of agreement.
Jim Rhodes was found guilty of
possession and transportation. A
60 day road sentence was suspend
ed upon the payment of $50 fine
and the cost.
Junius Edwards and Bud Ed
wards were charged with assault
with deadly weapon. Bud Edwards
was found guilty of simple as
sault, and judgment in his case
was suspended upon the payment
of half the cost. Junius Edwards
was convicted of assault with a
deadly weapon. He was sentenced
to the roads for 30 days and taxed
with half the cost, the road sen
tence to be suspended upon the
payment of a $50 tine and hall
the cost. Both defendants appeal
ed to Superior court.
Junius McLamb was convicted 1
assault with deadly weapon anc
was sentenced to the roads for 9C
days. He g-ave notice of appeal
but later the appeal was with
drawn and the sentence changec
to 30 days. The road sentence was
suspended upon the payment of $5C
fine and the cost.
I Rufus Allen was conviftied ol
^violating the prohibition laws anc
Business
Rushing
Here typifies America’s chief interest during the crisp fall days of
October and November America’s great school sport—Football.
Thousands of games are played every week-end on thousands of grid
Wws watched by hundreds of thousands of rooters all over the land
Four Oaks Negro
Killed In Wreck
.
Was Carrying Load Of Lum
ber To Goldsboro When
Truck Ran Into Him.
iBytha Artis, colored, a truck
driver for Wilbur M. Lee, of Four
Oaks, was fatally injured Wednes
day morning about ten o”clock
when a truck driven by Luby 1
Price, of Stevens mill section,
Wayne county, ran into him on the
old Smithfield-Goldsboro road near
Goldsboro. Artis was on his way
to Goldsboro with a load of lum
ber when Price ran into him with
an empty truck. It is said by wit
nesses to the tragedy that the
negro was on his side of the load,
and had turned out until his truck
turned into the ditch when struck.
Both trucks were smashed and the
negro was thrown into the road in
front of his truck.
J. W. Stafford, Henry Williford
and Wilbert McLamb, of near
Princeton, who were going to
Goldsboro, arrived at the scene of
the wreck at this time and help
ed carry the injured negro to Spi
cer Sanatorium in Goldsboro. A
hole had been knocked in the man's
head. He was bleeding profusely
and his brains were oozing out of
the wound when he was picked up,
according to Mr. Stafford, who as
sisted in carrying him to the hos
pital. He lived only a short time
after reaching Goldsboro. Price
was only slightly wounded.
The sheriff of Wayne county was
notified of the accident, and Price
was immediately arrested, but ^he
gave bond for his appearence in
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CARS COLLIDE IN
PRINCETON; NO INJURIES
PRINCETON, Nov. 3.—Saturday
rooming about five o'clock De
Leon Holt was driving a Ford car
coming from the east and was in
tending to turn off the highway on
the left side at the first street in
the town limits. At this moment a
big car, a Peerless, made an at
tempt to pass him. The Peerless
hit the Ford knocking it about a
hundred feet UP the highway and
then the Peerless turned complete
ly over and headed back toward
Goldsboro. The body of the Peerless
sedan was a complete wreck being
torn all to pieces, although the en
gine and running gear was still
in good shape. The gentleman driv
ing this car was on his way to
Charlotte and, after the wreck, the
garage men cleared out space
enough for the gentleman to get
in and the wreckage proceeded on
its way to Charlotte. The Ford
was badly damaged.
he received a .six months road sen
tence. He took an appeal.
W. E. Strickland was found guil
ty of violating the prohibition law.
Prayer for judgment was continu
ed upon the payment of cost and
on condition that the defendant is
'of good behavior for two years.
He took an appeal to Superior
court. The court found that the
defendant had violated a suspend
ed sentence in a former case and
he was ordered to jail to serve
a term of six months. He took an
appeal in this case.
The state took a not pros with
leave in the case against John L.
.Murphy, charged with temporary
larceny; and against Dr. G. C.
jHenderson, charged with assault.
Dr.L.B. McBrayer
Makes Address
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Speaks On Tuberculosis Work
At Mass Meeting Held In
Methodist Church.
“Johnston county ought to have
a tuberculosis sanatorium,” declar
ed Dr. L. B. McBrayer, secretary
treasurer of the North Carolina
Medical Society, who spoke to a
mass meeting of Johnston county
citizens in the Methodist church
here Wednesday night. He cited the
law that permits counties to join
together in erecting sanatoria, and
pointed out the importance of in
vesting enough to make it possi
ble to put a .tuberculosis specialist
at the head of it.
“But,” said Dr. McBrayer, ‘if
a sanatorium is not feasible at
present, do the next thing at hand
—and that seems to be now the
tuberculosis seal sale which is con
ducted each year between Thanks
giving and Christmas.” The col
ored supervisor of Johnston coun
ty Dr. McBrayer reminded his au
dience, sold more seals up to last
year than the white people. He
told s6mething of the history of
tuberculosis seals, and told how
the seal money is used, stating
that seventy-five per cent is kept
in the local community for tuber
culosis work, twenty-five per cent
going for national and state work.
The speaker dwelt at some
length upon the work of the na
tional organization. Organized 24
years ago, the association has
made considerable advance in
studying the disease. A quarter of
a century ago it was thought to
be incurable. Now there is a good
percentage of cures and arrested
cases. An important function of
the association is study and re
search. Laboratories of thirteen
universities besides government
and commercial laboratories have
been secured to study the disease,
and everything pertaining to it. is
investigated.
Along* with the research work, is
the educational campaign. The
state association brought the first
public health nurse to North Car
olina. Nutrition work is conduct
ed in the schools, and health form
ing habits are stressed among the
young.
Dr. R. J. Noble, of Selma, in
troduced Dr. McBrayer. After the
address, the meeting was thrown
open for discussion, and a dozen
or more citizens including Dr. C.
■C. Massey, Dr. B. A. Hoeutt,' Dr.
W. J. B. Orr, Rev. S. L. Morgan,
Mrs. F. H. Brooks, Mrs. S. L.
Morgan had something to say.
Dr. McBrayer came to this city
at the invitation of Mrs. The!
Hooks who is chairman of the tu
berculosis seal sale of Smithfield
The seal sale is conducted each
year by’ the Woman’s club and tht
amount kept here expended for lo
cal tuberculosis work.
BAPTIST PASTORS TO
MEET EXECUTIVE COM
The Pastors’ Conference of the
Johnston association will meet at
10 a. m. next Monday in Smith
field. By request of the recent ses
sion of the association all pastors
will meet with the executive com
mittee on the same day at 2:3C
p. m. for the very important mat
ter of apportioning among the
churches the budget in the cooper
ative program for 1928. A full at
tendance of pastors and committee
is urgently desired.
Splendid Meeting
Johnston Ass'n
R H. Gower Resigns As Mod
erator After Serving For
25 Years; F. H. Brooks His
Successor.
By REV. S. L. MORGAN
The Johnston Baptist Asaocia*
net November 1 and 2 with the
Selma Baptist church, closing:
what many regard as the most suc
cessful of the 25 years of its his
tory. Further inspiration was giv
en to the session by the remarkable
record made during the year by
the entertaining church under the
leadership of its progressive pas
tor, Rev. R. L. Shirley. During
the year the auditorium had been
decorated, a first-class heating
plant installed, and other marked
improvements made, involving- an
outlay of above $3,000, all of
which had been paid for. Be . Ma
this the church had just put cn r ho '
most successful every-membe? can
vas in its history, with the larg
est number of subscribers to the
budget and the largest aggregate
amount to both current expvnses
and benevolences.
The association will meet next
year on the first Wednesday in
November with Trinity church/
Rev. J. E. Kirk, of Benson, to.
preach the introductory sermon,
Rev. A. R^ Creech, alternate.
Judge F. H. Brooks of Smithfield
was chosen moderator, succeeding
R. H. Gower, of Clayton, who de
clined reelection, and -was made
moderator emeritus for life in lov
ing tribute to his service as mod
erator during all the 25 years of
the history of the body. The other
officers chosen were H. E. Fa'-p
.of Selma, vice-moderatoi*; S. L*
Morgan of Smithfield, clerk; J. A.
Smith, treasurer, and N. M. Gur
ley, auditor, with S. L. Morgan
continuing as chairman of the ex
ecutive committee.
The recent session was made me
morable as celebrating the 25lh
anniversary of the association it
having been organized at Selma 25
years ago. A number of speakers
of note had been secured for the
program, among them being J. C
Powell, missionary to Nigeria, Af
rica; Dr. F. P. Gaines, President
of Wake Forest College; Dr B.
W. Spillman of Kinston, eminent
as a Sunday school specialist, and
Dr. Livingston Johnson, editor of
the Biblical Recorder. Dr. I. E. D.
Andrews, of Clayton, preached the
introductory sermon.
Through the entire session ran
a tender reminiscent note, as the
body reviewed its 25 years' his
tory and the remarkable progress
made. When organized a quarter
of a century ago there wer< 25
churches with a membership of
2,400. There are now 45 chinches
with a membership well above
6,000. All the churches were rep
resented in the meeting, and n<»
other session of recent year. w:tss
so largely attended, or held Mih
interest at high tide so completely
up to the hour of adjournment.
Good progress was shown along
all lines in the reports sent up by
the churches, while the recently
launched Centennial campaign for
the seven Baptist colleges ir thf
state had up to date received sub
scriptions aggregating above $ '000;
No address of the session \vo«
more stimulating and encouraging
than that of Dr. Livingston John
son, who was present when the
body was organized 25 years ago,
the 6 churches of the new a rel
ation up to that time being in the
Raleigh association, and regarded
as mission territory. He presented
exact statistics showing that sOch
a group of mission churches, when
separated from a stronger body, as
I in case of the Johnston and the
’ Roanoke associations,—both not*
|ed as state mission territory
I have, under the “root, hog, or die
jstimulus made progress far great
er than that made by tho strong*
're bodies from which they had
gone out, or by the state as a
whole. This he showed has been
eminently true of the Johnston as
sociation, the statistics as present;
ed showing* almost incredible prog
ress during 25 years.
The climax of the session was
reached at the close in the anni
versary feature, when tho cleric
read from the minutes of 25 yea»H
ago the roll of pastors, delegate*
and officers of the body, and. M*»d
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