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 * * * . $2.00 PER YEAR Get More Data In 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 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 4 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 —;—.7 MURDERED J J. M. Royall of Benson who was murdered at his home on the mor ning of October 21. *---- | 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. --4 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. --» 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. -— e Stock .Show at Chicago, thoroughbred stock from arrived early to oose thus. November all points Two Arrested At Still In O’Neals -♦ 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 — ♦ 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. -+ 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 —♦— 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."