Makd Your Plans
TO SELL
YOUR TOBACCO
THIS SEASON
—IN—
SMITHFIELD
“It’s just a little
higherc here”
VOLUME 45
•NO. 95
SMITHFIELD. N. C.. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 29, 1927
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Death Of Woman
Police Say John W. Faison
Was In Rage On Night Ol
Killing; Finger Prints Not
Expected To Figure In Case
* RICHMOND, Va„ Nov. 27.—Po
lice last night asserted they will
prove John Wesley Faison, for
mer manager of a local golf club,
who is now charged with the mur
der of his affinity, Mrs. Elsie Holt
Snipes, formerly of North Caro
lina, was in a rage when the trag
edy occurred in her apartment
here by a special grand jury.
Faison is alleged to have made
several trips to the apartment on
the night of the killing. Mi's.
Snipes had been entertaining a
^party and soon after her guests
left for their homes Faison called
again and was in her apartment at
the time the fatal shooting took
place, according* to the police.
Both Faison and Mrs. Snipes had
handled the revolver which was
used to end the woman’s life. Both
had also used the telephone in one
of the rooms. Testimony as to fin
ger prints, therefore, is not ex
pected to have an important bear
ing on the case, Detective Captain
4^. S. Wright explained this aft
elrnoon.
WAS BEING REPLACED.
Y'olice say Mrs. Faison had am
pit! time to arrive at the hospital
to (which Mrs. Snipes had been
taken by Faison and to talk with
Faison before detectives arrived
there. The shooting occurred about
12:30 o’clock a. m., but it was nov
until about one hour later that
detectives appeared at the hospital,
where the victim died about 4:40
o’clock a. m., according to the po
lice information. This phase of the
Vase was made known today for
Vie first time. It seems to remove
<t>ubt as to whether Mrs. Faison
hjkl ample time after the shooting
to go fiom her home to the hos
pital before detectives arrived
,/dicre. The diary kept by Mrs.
Snipes will show Faison was being
replaced by another suitor, police
say, and will be offered as evi
dence. What Faison’s wife will
have to say about a telephone call
she received from Mrs. Snipes be
fore the shooting is expected,
however, to be favorable to the de
fense.
MANY DIE IN UKRAINE
IN STREET FIGHTS
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Nov.
25.— (AF)—A special dispatch to
the newspaper Dimeata today
says that chaos and anarchy are
reigning: in the Ukraine with hun
dreds killed in street fighting.
The dispatch says that hun
dreds of civilians and soldiers were
killed in street fighting.
The dislpatch says that hun
dreds were killed in fierce street
fighting in the town of Kamenetz
Podolsk.
The firing of cannon could be
heard all along the Dniester River,
the dispatch said, while a meeting
of the Rumanian-Russian Mixed
Commission was cancelled because
of the disturbances.
J. E. Flowers Is Honored.
Friends in Johnston county will
be interested to learn that J. E.
Flowers, of Bentonville, a student
at Atlanta-Southern Dental Col
lege, was recently elected presi
dent of his class. Mr. Flowers is
a senior this year. A list of the
officers of each class was publish
ed in the Atlanta Jouurnal a few
days ago.
Tantalizer
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There ore exactly enough let
ters in the lino below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field, and if the right one de
ciphers his name and wilt 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.
Jesse Capps recognized his
name last issue.
Today-* Tantalizer:
chbelenlyroias
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MURDERED J
J. M. Royall of Benson who was
murdered at his home on the mor
ning of October 21.
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Testimony Of 13
New Witnesses
Coroner’s Investigations Con
tinue In Case Of J. M. Roy
all; Report Of Hearing Wed
nesday Night.
At a ccntinued inquest hearing
in the case of J. M. Royal who
was murdered at his home hi Ban
ner tow nship on the morning/ of
I'riday, October 21, held here last
Wednesday night, thirteen new
witnesses were examined and their ,
testimony recorded as an aid in
ferrctting out the mystery which
surrounds Royal's death.
Among the witnesses placed on
the stand Wednesday night was
W. M. Smith, who runs a hard
ware store in Benson. Mr. Smith
stated that about ten o'clock on
the night of the murder, Claude
Barbour who is held without bond .
on suspicion of having committed
the deed, entered his store and call
ed for number .32 cartridges. He
said that Barbour pulled a pistol
out of his pocket but neither .32
long nor short would fit. Mr.
Smith looked on the barrel of the
gun and saw the number .32. It
was a strange gun. Smith iden- .
tified the gun shown him by Cor
oner Kirkman as the one Barbour
had in his store.
Other significant testimony was
presented by Mr. Barefoot, who
stated that on Saturday evening
immediately following the death
of J. M. Royal that Mrs. Claude
Barbour went to his grocery store
and asked if her husband had left
a five-gallon oil can in the store.
She said her husband was not at (
home Thursday night hut came i
home Friday morning.
Henry Price, who lives two (
miles this side of Benson on the !
highway, stated that he saw Bar- j
hour pass his home in a Hudson |
car about two o’clock Friday morn- ,
ing. He stated that there were two j
men in the car, the other besides
Barbour he thought to be Golden j
Parker.
it is expected that the coroner's j
investigations will he completed j
this week, and the case will prob- ;
ably he on the calendar of the
December term of criminal court, ,
which convenes December 12.
COMEDY PLAY HERE ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
“Wo are assured of the poultry
play w© have been expecting for
some weeks,” said D. W. Peter
son this morning. The play will
take place Wednesday night, No
vember 30, at the courthouse in
Smithfield. The correspondence
which Mr. Peterson has had with
J. Frank Johnson of Saint Louis,
informed him that instead of the
contemplated lecture there will be
a play in four acts, entitled “The
Lay of a Hen.” Everyone is invit
ed. There is no admission charge—
nothing to sell—everything is ab
solutely free.
Free tickets can be had at the
county home demonstrator’s office
and Peedin and Peterson store. A
mash hopper will be given away
by drawing.
When Humility Blossoms.
Some men are born meek and
others get married.—Albany
; ^Knickerbocker Press.
Boy Is Killed
While Hunting
Wilbur Stanley Of Near Four
Oaks Accidentally Shot By
Companion; Funeral He;,d
Saturday.
A sad occurrence took place
near Four Oaks Friday afternoon
about 5:30 o’clock when Wilbur
Stanley, 18-year-old sen of Mr.
and Mrs. John Stanley, was fatal
ly shot while out bunting!. Two
other boys, Buster Moore and John
D. Taylor, were in the party but
the gun which caused the death
of young Stanley was in the hands
Taylor, who was also
about eighteen years of age. Tay
lor was in the act of climbing a
fence when the gun went off, the
load striking Stanley in the breast,
causing instant death. Young
Taylor is prostrated over the ac
cident.
Coroner James H. Kirkman was
called to the scene and an inquest
was held, the following jury hear
ing the case: C. C. Mitchell, W. 1
W. Stewart, D. S. Strickland, R.
B. Strickland1, Walter J. Parker, |
and J. T. Allen. The jury com- 1
pletely exonerated Taylor of any i
alame in causing the death of his
companion, it being purely acci-1
iental.
The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon at Piney Grove Free
Mill Baptist church at 3:30 o’clock.
\ very large crowd was present.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley wish to
hank their friends and neighbors '
‘or the many words of sympathy j
md numberless acts of kindness j
ihown them since the trag*ic acci
lent. Although overwhelmed with
rrief, the thoughtfulness of their i
leighbors has helped to comfort I
hem during the saddest hours of
;heir lives.
jtIVE $100,000 TO
BOOST FARMING |
ASHEVILLE, Nov. 25.—One
lundred thousand dollars for de
veloping agricultural industries in
Western North Carolina through
he farmers federation has been
aised in New York City as a part
>f a $250,000 fund to be used over
i period of five years, James G.
\. McClure, Jr., president of the
“ederation, announced tonight. This
-und will be administered by a
>oard of trustees and will serve to
establish canneries, poultry [fat
tening plants, egg gathering sta
tions, woodworking establishments
md cream stations and to pay
lighly trained field workers who
will assist the farmers in increas
ng their vegetable crops and mul
tiplying the income from agricul
tural products in the mountain
!ounties.
VIARKETS THE BIG NEED.
“The agricultural problem in
Western North Carolina is largely
an economic problem,” Mr. Mc
Clure declared in making- the an
louncement. The lack of markets ;
and plants where agricultural
products can be dispsed of and
manufactured has kept down the
production of our mountain coun
ties. The time has come when the
farmer must not only produce but
must also control the marketing
of his product and be able to man
ufacture his product. This fund
will enable the farmers of Western
North Carolina to commence to in
stall facilities that will form an
economic foundation for the per
manent agricultural prosperity of
the country.”
Mr. McClure made it plain that
this money, while coming as a do
nation for the upbuilding of the
mountain section of North Caro-'
lina, will be of service to the far
mers and communities that bestir
themselves to take advantage of
the opportunity offered.
HOSPITAL RETURNS
THANKS FOR GIFTS
The Johnston County Hospital
wishes to return thanks to those
W'ho have recently so kindly re
membered that institution with
gifts. Potatoes, cakes, flowers and
other things have been gratefully
received. Several cakes left over
from the Armistice Day celebra
tion were among the gifts. Also
shiubbery given by Mrs. W. T.
Woodard of Selma, and Miss Min
nie Lee Garrison, county home
demonstration agent, is very much
appreciated. Two baskets of nice
fruit sent by the Episcopal church
[Were much enjoyed.
CHEVRONS
-by
LEONARD NASON
So many nice
things have been
written about this
story that one is
convinced it con
tains every ele
ment usually
found in a great
tale. Every mem
ber of the Amer
ican forces who
went overseas
will recognize the
truth and realism
in the scenes and
the dialogue. It
is a magnificent
record of the war,
the story value of
which will repay
?very reader.
TURN TO PAGE 3
Negro Killed In
Affray At Kenly
Charlie Bryant Dies Of Gun
Shot Wounds Received In
Shotting Scrape At Negro
School.
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A shooting affair that tok place
it the Kenly colored school last
rhursday night resulted in the
leath of Charlie Bryant, colored.
An entertainment was being held
it the school house, and Bryant
vas said to be standing on the
)orch of the building when a gun
rt’as fired, the load taking effect in
lis left side and arm.
Medical aid was summoned, and
he negro was found to be in such
>erious condition that he was tak
?n to a Wilson hospital where he
lied on Friday.
On Saturday a coroner’s inquest
►vas held and after due investiga
tion and examination of numerous
witnesses, it was decided that
Bryant came to his death by gun
shot wounds inflicted by Otis
Moore, colored, with a sing-le bar
rel twelve gauge shotgun.
Moore was arrested and is be
ing held in the county jail with
out bond until the December term
>f Superior criminal court, when
the case will be tried.
Leroy Williams, also colored,
has been placed under a $1,000
jond as a material witness.
The jury summoned and impan
eled by Coroner Kirkman is as fol
lows: J. D. Bailey, L. Z. Woodard
F. Benson, H. M. Grizzard, Ed
iie Flowers and Jas. H. Watson.
MISTAKE CORRECTED
In the . last issue of the Heralc
it was stated that Herbert anc
Alton Dupree were placed undei
^1,000 bond each after Harrisor
Ferrell had been seriously cut ir
a fight last Wednesday night. Wc
have since been informed that th(
bond was $500 each instead o1
$1,000, and we are glad to make
the correction.
Death of a Baby.
Little Maggie Irene Benson diec
at the home of her mother neai
Holt Lake last Wednesday nighi
after a short illness. She had beer
seriously ill with pneumonia foi
six days. The little one was fiv<
months and twenty-one days old
The body was laid to rest in th<
family burying ground on Thanks
giving day.
VOLUNTEER CLASS TO
MEET WITH MRS. SETZEi
The members of the Voluntee
Wesley class of the Methodis
Sunday school are asked to mee
at the home of Mrs. J. W. Setze
Friday evening for the regula
monthly business and social meet
ing. If there are any who canno
walk the distance, if they will no
tify the hostess she will send fo
them.
Local Dealer Is
Proud New Ford
Returns From Exhibition To
Dealers In Charlotte; Pub
lic Reception To Be Given
Here Dec. 2.
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j “Mr.'Ford’s statement in regard
to the new Ford had prepared us
for a surprise,” said T. C. Young,
the local dealer, ‘'but the new Ford
car is better even than we had
hoped for. It is certain to make
history in the automotive industry,
just as its predecessor, the fam
ous model T, has made history for
20 years. We are proud of the
new car and feel certain that its
appearance and performance will
attract unprecedented attention
among automobile owners.”
Four-wheel brakes, standard se
lective gear transmission, extraor
dinary acceleration, a speed of 60
i miles an hour and more, a practi
cally vibrationless engine, and un
usual beauty in line and color are
among the outstanding features of
the new Ford cars, the first of
which will be shown in many parts
of the country next Friday. The
generator, oiling system, steering
gear and rear axle are of Ford
design, it is announced. And its
40-horse power engine has been so
designed that it runs 20 to 30
miles an hour on a gallon of gas
oline.
This car, which is to succeed
the famous Model T line, will be
shown on Friday by Ford dealers
in many of the larger cities of the
country. In Smithfield photographs
and descriptive charts of the new
cars will be on display at Young
Motor company’s showrooms where
the public will be given the com
plete story of the new Ford car.
Later various models^of^tKe new
Ford line will be on display here.
So far the new cars have been
examined only by those who will
have charge of the first showings
and demonstrations. Salesmen and
demonstrators are studying charts
and adigrams which will be used
in explaining the various details
of design, appearance, and per
formance.
For months factory models of
the new car have been undergoing
severe performance tests in and
around Detroit. One of the fac
tory models recently made a road
run of 120 miles in 124 minutes.
This run, it is said, was made on
an ordinary paved highway near
Detroit.
While no detailed descriptions
have yet been given out by local
dealers, the Ford Motor company
from its headquarters in Detroit,
has announced that the new Ford
car will be as far in advance of
present public demand for speed,
flexibility, control in traffic and
economy of operation as the fam
ous Model T was in advance of
public demand when it was intro
duced in 1908.
Dealers have not yet been ad
vised as to the prices at which the
new Ford line will sell, but defi
nite assurance has come from De
troit that the prices will be entire
ly in accord with the policy of the
Ford Motor company to provide the
best possible automobile at the
lowest possible price.
A public reception is to be held
December 2, simultaneously with
similar gatherings at every Ford
dealer in the United States, thus
constituting a part of the great
est automobile show in the his
tory of the industry.
Elaborate arrangements are be
ing made for the public reception
here. City officials and prominent
business men of Smithfield and vi
cinity have been invited and prep
arations have been made to g-'.ve
every caller at the show a thor
ough understanding of this car
which is expected to make a new
chapter in automobile history.
Local dealers, in commenting on
the forthcoming show, said their
first view of the new Ford car had
substantiated Henry Ford’s state
ment that “there is nothing quite
like it in quality and price.”
• JR. O. U. A. M. TO GIVE
MEMBERS OYSTER SUPPER
All members of Smithfield Coun
cil No. 102 are cordially invited tc
be present Tuesday night
} November 29 at 7:30 o'clock. A
fish and oyster supper will b(
served.
Stockmen’s Eyes Turn To Chicago
A
I he annual International Live
26 to December 3 is attracting
of the country “Baldy” above.
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e Stock .Show at Chicago,
thoroughbred stock from
arrived early to oose thus.
November
all points
Two Arrested At
Still In O’Neals
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Two 60-Gallon Barrels Of
Scuppernong Wine Found
Ac The Still.
N. M. Narron assisted by A. D.
O’Neal and L. P. Hare captured a
whiskey still and arrested two
white men, Gaston Crocker and
George Crocker, in O’Neals town
ship near Moore’s school last
Thursday night. The men were
preparing to run off a charge
when the officers arrested them.
They gave a bond of $200 each for
their appearance in Recorder’s
court.
Two GO-gallon barrels of seup
pernong wine were found at the
still, which was a 75-gallon capac
ity outfit.
Several days ago Mr. Narron
brought in a 25-gallon copper
still which he captured near Lamms
mill in O’Neals township. A neg-ro
was at the mill when Mr. Narron
approached it, but he escaped.
GIVES FERTILIZER MIXTURES
FOR THE TOBACCO CROP
RALEIGH, Nov. 21.—Field test*
and farm practices have determin
ed the best fertilizer mixtures tr
use under tobacco for highest pro
duction and quality. These mix
tures were agreed on recently at
a conference of the agronomists o1
the southern states presided ovei
by Prof. C. B. Williams of State
College.
The findings of this committee
were released last week and con
tain some interesting facts for
the tobacco grower. The agronom
ists state that the best mixture
for bright flue cured tobacco is ar
8-3-5 except for the gray soils with
red subsoils where an 8-3-3 is re
commended. For the light, less pro
ductive soils, an 8-4-6 is advised
AH of these should be applied a'
the rate of 800 to 1,200 pound:
per acre.
If sand-drown occurs in the soils
use at least two percent, of mag
nesia on the land derived from th<
potash carriers or from dolomisth
limestone.
The committee recommends tha
the phosphoric acid come from acic
phosphate. The potash should conn
from sulphate of potash-magnesia
high grade muriate or high grad'
sulphate of potash. Tests show tha
the muriate sometimes makes bet
ter yields and good quality of weei
but the chances are that it wil
give too much chlorine which af
fects the burning quality and th
potash carriers should be so usei
that rot over two percent of chlor
ine is in the fertilizer mixture.
The nitrogen should come one
half from the organic sources lik
cottonseed meal and fish scrap an
the other half from urea or th
1 inorganic sources such as nitrat
of soda or sulphate of ammonit
I At least one-fourth of the tote
nitragen should be from nitrate c
For dark tobacco, the committe
recommended an 8-3-3 mixture a*
plied at the rate of 600 to 10C
[pounds per acre with the mate’
' ials from the same sources as fc
:the light tobacco.
Christmas Sea!
Sale Is Now On
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The Christmas Seal Stands
For Education And Preven
tion Of Tuberculosis; Seals
Now On Sale At Drug Stor
j es And Post Office.
Mrs. Thel Hooks, Christmas Seal
chairman, and her committee, in
a.-king citizens to purchase their
quota of the familiar penny seals,
are basing* their campaign which
opens^-iTt- Smithfield today, upon
I actual results as measured in
I years of life and dollars saved.
| In the past ten years in North
| Carolina the death rate from tu
! berculosis had been lowered to
the extent which means in this
state alone a saving of 15,000
|lives and a money saving to the
•community of millions of dollars.
| In the past three years in the
North Carolina schools where
i health habits have been taught
! through the Modem Health Cru
sade, a practical health educational
system promoted by the North
Carolina Tuberculosis Association,
| regular examinations of school
children has been reduced in pro
portions varying from 12 to 20
per cent. In the state this figures
a saving of $1,200,00 time loss
measured in the annual cost of
i school upkeep and instruction,
i The Tuberculosis Christmas Seals
finance the school health program
for undernourished and well
nourished children.
The Christmas Seal stands for
education and prevention.
These seals are now on sale
here at a penny a piece, at the
drug stores and at the postoffice.
Sunday School Organize.
I Pine Levels Nov. 28.—The Pine
Level township Sunday school as
sociation held its first meeting on
Sunday and elected the following
officers, K. C. Woodard, president;
W. A. Herring, vice-president; E.
W. Price, secretary-treasurer.
Splendid talks were made by out
of-town speakers. The first speak
er, J. W. Hollowell, of Kenly,
. spoke on “How to Get the People
in the Sunday School.” G. B.
> Strickland, principal of the Pine
! Level school, at Iked on the “Value
- of the Sunday school.” Miss Flora
* Davis, of Raleigh, made a splen
1 did talk on “The Wide-Awake Sun
^ day School.” The talks were verj
■ helpful and inspiring.
? More than 100 were present, in
* eluding three ministers, three
‘ Sunday school superintendents
and twenty-two teachers and offi
‘ cers, all of whom were greatb
3 benefited by the lectures. It is ex
* pected that much and lasting goo<
' will be done by organizing and be
2 coming one of the units of thi
‘ county Sunday school associatioi
* working- jointly with the state as
^ sociation.
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e When Prof. Flintax Sat on a Tael
0; Dr. Slossom Declares Life Ap
peared 1,000,000,000 Years Ago ii
r, Chautauqua Lecture. — Buffah
Courier-Express.
Truck Routes To
Help Creamery
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Business Men Of Johnston
County Around Banquet
Board Discuss Achieve
ments Of Eastern Carolina
Chamber Of Commerce.
About twenty-five business men
from Selma, Kenly, Benson, Pino
Level and Smithfield wwere guests
of N. G. Bartlett, secretary of the
Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce, at a banquet given
here Thursday evening at the
Woman’s club room. The meeting
was in the nature of an inventory
as to the accomplishments of this
organization during the past five
years.
An outstanding achievement of
the Eastern Carolina chamber of
commerce and one which directly
affects oJhnston'county is the es
tablishment of a creamery at Bon*,
son. J. B. Slack, who operates a
branch office of the Eastern cham
ber of commerce at Benson, was
present and told of the growth of
the creamery and announced that
beginning this week, trucks will
be operated along certain routes to
collect cream from the farmer".
There will be two routes in John
ston county. The putting on of
these truucks will serve 101 cows
and will cover a distance of sixty
miles.
Other besides Mr. Slack had
something to say on this occasion
including Secretary Bartlett and
Dr. Wade H. Atkinson, of Wash
ington, D. C., a native Johnston
ian. C. P. Harper of Selma pre
sided over the meeting.
CO-OPS TRUCKING
COTTON TO SAVE
RALEIGH, Nov. 9.—Trucking
of cocton is being! successfully
tested as an answer to the '“exor
bitant freight rates all out of line
with other commodities,” U. B.
Blaock, genera manager of the*
North Caroina Co-operative Cot
ton Growers’ Association, said yes
terday upon concusion of Un
bard of directors’ monthy meeting
here.
One of the decisions of the board
was to retain the present office
building at the ■ oerner of Martin
and Salisbury streets.
Mr. Blalock cited the trucking
of 2G0 bales from Raeford to Blad
ensboro at $221.50, saving and
other recent experiments. The as
sociation directors went on record
fro selling directly to the mills and
for storing at the point of pro
duction in line with the strategy,
instituted by Mr. Blalock, as an
economic reply to the high freig it
rates.
The association is intensely de
voted to his battle in the courts*
for a reduction of the rates, he re
ported.
New outlets for cotton, elimina
tion of waste in handling from,
producer to consumer, and co-oper
ation with the manufacturers as
to particular types of cotton these
manufacturers want of the pro
ducers, are the three working aims
of the association working with
the Cotton Growers’ Institute and
the American Cotton Growers’ Ex
change, the genera manager re
ported.
Mr. Baock is on the committee
of seven representing producers
over the country which is working
with a committee of seven repre
senting* both Southern and Nor
thern manufacturers over the na
tion.
Aunt Roxie Opines i
By Me— j
Vk,
s*-'* Vs®
“Mista Rinolare sho’ Rot sum
burns oiled in do wheels uv jus
tice."