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Make Your Plans TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO THIS SEASON —IN— SMITHFIELD “It’s just a little highere here” IF. IT’S FOR THE GOOD OE JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S * FOR IT. VOLUME 45—NO. 94 * * * _ .. k SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Get More Facts In Snipes Case Trial Will Probably Be Held In December; Richmond Persons Said To Fear Pub licity; Mrs. Snipes Had (liven Party. RICHMOND, Nov. 2,'S.—Police authorities investigating: the death of Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes, talent ed musician, formerly of Prince ton, N. C., asserted today that they had evidence to prove that John Wesley Faison, former manager of the Hermitage Country Club, held on the charge of killing her by shooting her through the head in her apartment in the West End, the early morning* of Nov. 16, did not lush her to Stuart Circle hos pital immediately after phoning to his wife, telling her, as he claims, “Elsie has shot herself,” but lingered for quite a while in the apartment. They said that they had estab lished that the shooting occurred at 12:40 a. m. and yet it was 1:20 a. m. before he arrived at the hos pital with her in the automobile. His alleged delay in taking her to the hospital accounts, they believe, for the fact that his wife was able to reach the hospital from her home in the Northside almost as soon as he did. WAS 5-MINUTE TRIP. According to her story, she tel ephoned to her brother-in-law, liv ing near Byrd Park, several miles distant, and he came for her in his car and carried her to the hos pital. It is estimated that Faison could have made the trip to the hospital from Mrs. Snipes’ apart ment in less than five minutes. Evidence that the pistol bullet which pierced her head did not come to rest on the bed, where it was found when police arrived on the scene, but buried itself in the wainscoating* in the room and was subsequently extracted and placed on the bed, is in their possession, it was reported today. In the opinion of Coroner Whit field, the pool of blood under the chair where M/rs. Snipes- was seated when she was shot indi cates that blood must have dripped from the wound in her head for at least fifteen minutes before she was taken from the apartment. In calling a special grand jury to investigate the case, Judge Kirk Matthews of Hustings Court stat ed that he desired to speed up the case and hold the trial some time in December. The special grand jury will meet Monday. '.RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 22.— Richmond was all in agog today over the prospect of the names of persons mentioned in the diary -,f Ms. Elsie Holt Snipes being made Public when John Wesley Faison, former secretary and manager of the Country Club, goes to trial on the charge of murdering her. Police indicated today that the diary which is said to contain the names of many persons of promi nence in the community will be offered in evidence at the trial. Mrs. Snipes, a pretty and ac complished^ musician, formerly of Princeton, N. C., who came to Richmond about two yeans ago from that town, died the early rooming of November 16 at Stu art Circle hospital of a pistol bul let wound in the head. Faison who brought her to the hospital sev eral hours before she died said that she shot herself soon after roidnight in her apartment*, in the (Turn to page four please) Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith held, 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 issue. Morgan Broadhurst recog nized his name last issue. Toffaym -Tantalizer: jsecseapsp U. N» C. Glee Club To Be At Benson i - William Way, Jr., (shown above) is business manager of the Uni versity of North Carolina Glee Club that is to sing in Benson No vember 28. Mr. Way is doing graduate work at the University and serving- as assistant director of athletics. He received an A.B. degree from the University last spring. While an undergraduate stu dent, Mr. Way was first circula tion and then business manager of the Tar Heel, student newspaper; was on the Yackety Yack editorial staff; a member of the Publica tions Union Board; manager of the boxing team; member of the Chi Fhi fraternity, Hhe Go’man Club, the Glee Club, the Monogram Club, the Palmetto Club, and was a Commencement Ball manager. He also served as an assistant in the Department of Economics and was assistant business-mana ger of the Glee Club. He is a na tive of Charleston, S. C. Get-To-Gether At New Club House -+- i First Community Affair Held At Old Massey School Since Turned Into Club House; Spelling Hee and Cake Con test. The first community meeting held in the old Massey school house since it has been turned over to" the Carter-Massey home demon stration club for a club house was held Tuesday evening. A large crowd was present to enjoy the program which had been arranged by the home demonstration club. There was an old fashioned spell ing bee, a cake contest, music and leadings. The members of the home demonstration club put on the cake contest, and after the cakes were judged these were auc tioned off, the proceeds to be used for cleaning and decorating the club room. There were 25 cakes, and the winners in the contest were as follows: Mrs. C. H. Par ker, first prize, $5.00; Mrs. O. L. Boyette, second prize, $3.00; Mrs. R. L. Barden, third prize, $1.00. These prizes were given by the Southern Cotton Oil company, the cakes being made with Snowdrift. The judges were: Misses Jones and Neely, of Princeton, and Miss Ruth Jones, of Smithfield. The cake sale and the sale of hot choc olate netted $26.00. O. L. Boy ette was the auctioneer. ine spelling bee was an inter esting feature of the prog-ram, there being twenty-eight contest ants. Mrs. Roy Whitley was the winner and was presented with the prize cake of the "contest. M. P. Young, principal of the Prince ton school, gave out the words, and A. J. Fitzgerald, of Smithfield, and Miss Cox, of tlie Prir.cetor faculty, were the judges. The rooms were decorated with cclrnshucks, pumpkins, and pine suggestive of the Thanksgiving season and forming an attractive setting for features of the pro gram. After the spelling bee Mrs R. L. Barden gave a humorouf leading and little Miss Rackley, o1 Princeton, did some aesthetic danc ing. The last number was a moel< jazz band in which members oi i the home demonstration clut dressed in uniform appeared tc perform on instruments improvis ed from gourds, tin lids, etc., it limitation of the various instru Safe Is Cracked Early Yesterday -♦ Would-Be-Thieves Enter Of fice Sinclair Refining Com pany But Get No Loot. -♦ What appeared to be profession al safe crackers visited Smithfield in the early morning! hours of yesterday, but from all indications they went away as poor as they ca me. Yesterday morning when M. C. Davis, local agent for the Sin clair Refining company, went to the office located just across the railroad near the station, he found that the safe had been blown open. The hinges on the door of the safe were intact, but the combination had been blown to pieces. Quite a bit of debris met the eyes of the agent. The safe is a total loss, but the would-be-thieves did not get any loot, for there was nothing in the safe. However, according to Mr. Davis, the two truck drivers came in late Wednesday afternoon with aboip / $400, but fortunately the money was not deposited in the Officers were summoned yester day morning and Deputy T.E. Tal ton reports that a window had been taken out and that the lock had been prized off the door of the little office. The office building is quite small being only about 6x8. The occurrence is said to have taken place about two o’clock in the morning. An unusual noise is said to have been heard by negroes living across the railroad. The lit tle house in which the watchman at the railroad crossing stays is located about seventy-five feet away, but the watchman, D. Mey ers, a colored man, states that he was not in the house at the time but had gone across the railroad to his home. He says he was one of those who heard a noise about two o’clock. Automobile tracks and what ap peared to be men’s tracks were to be seen near the office in which the safe was located. -4 MRS. VINE EDWARDS DIES AT HOME NEAR PRINCETON PRINCETON, Nov. 23.—Mrs. Mary Edwards, wife of Vine Ed wards, died at her home near town Monday after an illness of three weeks with typhoid fever. The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Elijah Pearce and Rev. Mr. Gardner, after which the remains were buried in a new graveyard about one-half mile west of Vine Edwards’ home. Mrs. hid wards was the motheV of thirteen children all of whom are living. Four or five of them are married. The youngest one is about six years of age. About the first of July some of her children were taken with ty phoid fever and for weeks and weeks this mother sat by the bed side day and night nursing and waiting on these children. Several different ones contracted the fear ful disease; as fast as one would get better another one would be taken with it. Part of the time two of them were seriously ill. Three weeks ago when the last of the children were well on the road to recovery, M<J.*s. Edwards* was taken with the fever. A trained nurse was secured" but with the best of medical attention and ev erything that could be done, she continued to grow worse until the end. She was a good woman and always at home attending to her own family. She was never heard to make any unkind remark about anyone. There were about four hundred people present at the burial. A large number of beauti ful wreaths of flowers bore tes timony of the sympathy of her many friends. JR. O. U. A. M. TO GIVE I MEMBERS OYSTER SUPPER | All members of Smithfield Coun cil No. 102 are cordially invited to be present next Tuesday night, November 29 at 7:30 o’clock. A fish and oyster supper will be served. ments of a band. As a matter oi fact, the grafonola furnished b> Crumpler-Jones Furniture company of Smithfield furnished the music the performers only going through tthe motion. Harison Ferrell Is Cut In Affray A cutting scrape was the result of an altercation arising from the purchase of a box at a box party held at Smith's school in Eleva tion township Wednesday night, according- to information received here yesterday. The quarel was said to have been between Harri son Ferrell and Herbert and Al ton Dupree. One of the commit teemen quieted them in the house, but it is said that a fight took place after the box party was over, resulting in the cutting of Harrison Ferrell. Ferrell was | brought to the Johnston County Hosptal where he s reported to be gettng along ncely. Deputies John O. Ellington and Jasper Beasley were called to the scene of the right, and they ar rested the Dupree boys. They were brought here, but gave a bond of $1,000 each and were allowed to return home. Gower Declared Clayton Mayor Case Tried Before Jury In Superior Court Here; Ver dict Is Rendered In Favor of Plaintiff. -♦ The title to the office of Mayor of Clayton was settled here Tues day afternoon in the Superior court by a jury, which decided in favor of Dr. F. G. Gower as against the incumbent, C. W. Car ter. The title to this office has been in dispute ever since the mu nicipal election, which was held on the 3rd of last May. Mr. Carter and Dr. Gower, according to the election returns received respec tively 239 and 238 votes. Dr. Gower was running as a regular nominee of the town convention, and Mr. Carter was running- on an independent ticket. Upon the action of the board of elections declaring Carter the duly elected mayor, Gower took exceptions and resorted to the courts, alleging in his complaint that Carter had re ceived several illegal votes. The votes challenged were those cast by an Assyrian who had never be come naturalized and several of the teachers in the Clayton city schools. This matter was first before the courts of Johnston county at the! June term at which Judge W. C. Harris presided. At this term Judge Harris singed a judgment confirming Carter as the duly elected and qualified mayor, and from this judgment Gower took an appeal to the Supreme court. The matter here was reversed and remanded to Johnston for a new trial. ihe trial of this case, which took precedence over all other pending* cases at this term, was be gun on Monday of the first day of court and continued to the close of the second day. A large number of witnesses w'ere in at tendance for both sides and each side was well represented by coun sellors, those for the plaintiff be ing Parker and Martin, E. J. Wellons and Paul D. Grady, of the local bar, and those for the defendant being W. H. Lyon, of the local bar, and Josiah William Bailey, of Raleigh. No notice of a second appeal was made when the verdict was returned. A Shake-down The New Jersey coast, from As bury Park northwards, was shaken to-day by earth tremors moving from south to north. The Western Union at Highlands, N. J., vibrated violently for 20 cents.—Boston American. Get a Cradle. First Assistant Vice-President: I What sort of a position would your son like?” Second Assistant Vice-President: As nearly horizontal as he can get.”—Cornell Widow. -♦ The West Wake Fair at Apex .charged no gate receipts to the 10,000 or more persons who visit ed it, yet it was the most success ful event of its kind recently held Jin the vicinity of Raleigh. Glendale Patrons Work For School —*— j et Day For Hauling Dirt On ! School Grounds; More Than a Hundred Attend Parent Teachers Meeting. KENiLY, Route 2, Nov. 24.—The second Parent-Teacher.1^ meeting of the year was held in the Glen dale high school auditorium on Monday night, November 7. At the first meeting which was held about a month ago there were l04 patrons and teachers present, and the attendance was even better at this meeting when 116 were pres ent. The large attendance at these meetings is very encouraging, but the most pleasing thing about it all is to see the splendid spirit of cooperaton and general good feel- | ing toward the school and each j other which has been so clearly ! evident each time they all meet and spend an enjoyable hour or two together. At the meeting- last Monday night the house was called to or der by the president, Mr. D. T. Godwin, who made a few fitting remarks and then turned the meeting over to the secretary and the following program was ren dered: Song*, “Onward Christian Sol diers/' by the congregation. Bible Reading, lone Davis. Prayer, Rev. W, R. Johnson. Roll Call and Minutes of last meeting read, Miss Davis, secre tary. bang, by sixth and seventh grade children. Instrumental Solo, Miss Rs^js. Quartet Selections, Messrs. Boy ptte, Cockrell, Pittman and Davis. “Friday Afternoon Composition” by several sixth and seventh grade children. After the above program was over E. T. Boyett, the principal, explained to the parents about the individual student records which are being kept for each pupil and called attention to the importance of sending- the children to school regularly. After some discussion regarding the beautifying the school grounds, it was decided that the people of the community would corr|e to gether on Friday afternoon, No vember 26, for the purpose of hauling dirt at the school to fill in behind the new retaining wall which was recently built in front of the school building*. December 15 is the time for the next meeting. This date was de cided upon because to wait until the regular meeting time would put it too near the Christmas hol idays. This helpful and enjoyable meeting close with light refresh ments in the domestic science room. FATHER OF R. E. HOLT PASSES AWAY HERE Friends here and throughout the county were grieved to hear of the death of Mr. Edgar Holt, which occurred here at the home of his son, R. E. Holt, Wednesday aft enoon at three o’clock after a short illness. Several days ago Mr. Holt was taken ill with pneu monia and he grew worse until the end. Mr. Holt formerly lived in the wife came here last summer to Polenta section but he and his live with their son. Mr. Holt was about sixty-six years of age. The funerla was held yesterday afternoon at three o’clock and in terment was made in the family plot in the cemetery at Oakland church in Cleveland township. The service was conducted by Rev Chester Alexander, pastor of tht Smithfield and Oakland churches The floral offering was very beau tiful. The deceased is survived by his wife and several children. He wra: the father of R. E. Holt, of this city, and Mrs. Ashley L. John son, who lives near town. Special Meetings. ! Commencing Friday night, No vember 25 , Elder E. V. Tenny, o New Hampshire, a great proph etic Bible student, will preach a Barbour’s Chapel Advent Chris tian church, and continue throug Saturday and Sunday. Everybod should hear him. We are expectin! him to explain by using* his ster eoptieon views. J. Q. BAKER. For Automobiles to Drive Beneath River At New York last week the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson river was opened—one of the great engineering feats of the ages The tunnel, 9,250 feet long, costing $48,000,000 joins Manhattan isle and New Jersey. On opening day 52,285 cars passed through. It took seven years to build the double tube tunnel. Above, I-side the tun nel. Below, One of the ventilating plants; and, autos lined up for the trip under the river. Officers Make Whiskey Raids One White Man Arrested, Three Stills Seized, and Several Hundred Barrels of Beer Found. Johnston county officers made three successful raids on blockad ers last week, arresting* a white man and confiscating several hun dred barrels of beer. The first raid was made in Selma township Monday afternoon. A white man, Add Mitchell, was at the still and he was.arrested. An 80-gallon distilling outfit, 300 gal lons of beer, and a quantity of whiskey were taken. 1 Mitchell gave bond for his appearance in Record er’s court here on November 29. Monday afternoon an 80-gallon still was captured in Cleveland township, and 1500 gallons of beer were seized. No one was at the still and no arrests were made. Tuesday afternoon a complete distilling outfit was captured in Boon Hill. About 200 gallons of beer were found and destroyed. This still was not in operation. Officers making these raids were Deputies T. E. Talton, P. L. Wood, D. T. Olver, W. W. Stewart and C. C. Williams. DEATH OF MRS. ROY CRUMPLER AT MICRO MICRO, Nov. 22.—This commun ity. was saddened Friday when the news reached hero that Mrs. Lucy Grumpier had died suddenly at her home near here. She was a faithful member of the Freewill Baptist church. She will be miss ed by her many friends. Her baby preceded her to the grave last Feb ruary. ' Her remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground near the home. The service was con ducted by her pastor, Rev. S. H. Styron, at two o'clock. The floral offering* were beautiful. The deceased is survved by her husband and two small children, a father ’and mother, three sis ters and three brothers. Those from a distance attending the fun eral were: Mr. and Mrs. I. Pitt man and sister, Irene, of Black |Creek; Arthur Pittman, of Or I lander, Fla.; Mass Inez Pittman who teaches at Corinthj-Holdiers and Mrs. LUetta Barbour, ol Smithfield. -o CARD OF THANKS' : The family of the late W. J Hooks wish to thank their friend: 1 and neighbors for Ithe kindnes | and sympathy shown them durinj jthe recent sickness and death o their beloved husband and father 1 MRS. W. J. HOOKS & FAMILY ♦ i Nearly ever yacre of lan i planted to tobacco and peanuts i; r Martin County this year has bee • planted to a cover crop. Thi moans that between 30,000 an 35,000 acres have been so plantec ! Second Lyceum Number Nov. 28 The Shields Trio To Present Dramatic Sketches, Play lets, Vocal and Instrumen tal Music At Courthouse. The Shields Trio of Chicago will present a modem, artistic program of vocal and Instrumental music, dramatic sketches, read ings and playlets at the Johnston county courthouse on date of No vember 28. This is one of the splen did attractions included in the Piedmont Lyceum course being sponsored here thi^ winter and is worthy of the patronage and hearty support of all our people. The Shields Trio, composed of three Shields Sisters, is an ex tremely attractive and unique or ganization. First of all, is it not unusual to find three such talent ed and clever young ladies in one family? Ivine, is a singer and pianist of ability. Clarity of enunciation and charm of personality capti vates her audience. Laurene is a dramatic reader. She appeals to young and old as she draws from a rich storehouse of memory both humorous and dramatic selections. She is also an excellent singer. Hattie Bell, ’Cellist, possesses splendid technique and her cello is mellow and rich in tone. She plays with equal skill and old favorite and the works of the Master. These versatile and experienced entertainers have delighted large audiences in many parts of the Union and have also been enjoyed over the radio. Smithfield is in deed fortunate in having such a popular attraction included in the lyceum course this season. Make a date with yourself now to hear and enjoy the work of these charm ing girls on Monday evening1, No vember 28. E. L. HALL DIES IN FAYETTEVILLE j Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson was called to Fayetteville Wed nesday on account of the death of E. L. Hall, father of Mrs. Joe Callahan, who has frequently vis ited here. Mr. Hall died Tuesday evening about 8 o’clock following an illness of five days. He was taken suddenly with appendicitis which went into peritonitis. Th( funeral was held yesterday morn' , ing* and interment made in the . Fayetteville cemetery, i i The deceased was a native ol f Johnston county having formerly r lived at Benson. He leaves beside: . a wife and two daughters, Mrs . Callahan and Miss Maude Hall three brothers, Rev. Wilbur Hal 1 and Jim Hall, of Durham, ant i j Marshall Hall, of Clayton. i; ■ .. ♦ .. 51 Magnesium limestone puts qual 1 ity into the tobacco crop and in . creases the yield per acre. Tax Books Ready For 10 Townships ! Already Tax Collector Grimes Is Taking In Tax Money; Other Books Will Be Ready Soon. The tax books ffor ten town ships have been turned over to Tax Collector W. F. Grimes, and he will be glad to write a receipt for any taxpayer in these several townships. The townships now ready are Bentonville, Boon Hill, Micro, Selma, Pine Level, Wilson’s Mills, Cleveland, Pleasant Grove, Elevation and Meadow. The first man man to pay his tax in Cleveland was Delma Coats; the first in Pleasant Grove, A. T. Grimes; the first in Boon Hill, D. H. Wallace; the first in Miciro, Evelyn Brown; the first in Selma, Chief J. H. Griffin; the first in Pine Level, F. E. Helm; the first in Wilson’s Mills, Charles Lock hart, colored; the first in Meadow, John Peacock, colored; the first in Bentonville, Roger Cox; the first in Elevation, J. M. Barbour. The books for the seven other townships are being* prepared as quickly as possible, and it will be only a short time until they will be in the hands of the tax collec tor. DEATH MRS. J. C. WILLIAMS IN BENTONVILLE SECTION Tuesday night, November 22, Mrs. J. C. Williams passed away j at her home in Bentonville town- j ship after an illness of about two j weeks. Mrs. Williams had, however, j been in bad health for several years. She was about 70 years of age. The funeral was conducted on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home after which interment was made in the family graveyard. Rev. Mr. Henderson of Sampson county, a former pastor of Mill Creek Christian church of which the deceased had been a consist ent member since girlhood, con ducted the service. Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband and three sons and three daughters, as follows: W. A. Wil liams, of Smithfield; D. A. Wil liams, of Wilson; J. A. Williams, of Bentonville; Mrs. S. S. Turner, of Goldsboro; Mrs. A. G. Adams, of Bentonville, and Mrs. W. C. Giant, of Four Oaks. The deceased was an aunt of Mrs. E. C. Narron of this city. CAPTURE TWO WHISKEY STILLS WEDNESDAY Chief W. D. Strickland and Deputy Jasper Beasley,' both of Wilson’s Mills, captured two whis- I key stills on Middle Creek n Smithfield township Wednesday and j found two barrels of beer at the , location. Both stills were located \ at the same plant, one a new one and the other appeared to ; have been in use for quite a while. No one was at the plant, f but it had recently been in opera tion, according to reports reach- s ing here. Both stills were brought ' here yesterday and turned over to .1 the sheriff. Presbyterian Services. Oakland Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Thanksgiving sermon and offering for orphans. Smithfield Sunday 7:30, sermon by pastor.:1 Sunday school 10 o’clock, Chris-5] tian Endeavor at 7:30. Public cor- ; dially invited. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— XV U 1 . | “Mists Sinclaro sho’ got surJ bums oiled in de wheels uv ju«f