North Carolina Newspapers

Final Comer’s Hearing Held Coroner After Six Different Hearings Files Report in Connection With The Death of J M. Royal. Coroner J. H. Kirkman filed his report in court Friday which cov ers six different hearing-3 by him and his jury in the inquest held in connection with the death of J. M. Royal, a farmer of Banner township, who was killed at his home during the late hours of the night of October 21, 1927. At the first sitting of the cor oner’s inquest, there was sufficient evidence implicating Claude Bar ber, a white man living near the home of the slain man, to warrant his commitment to jail, and no bail has been allowed. Golden Par ker, a white man residing- in Ben son, w-as also implicated and com mitted to jail, but was later re leased on a $3,500 bond, which was given by his father, Dr. George E. Parker. In filing his final report here Friday Coroner Kirkman de manded his re-arrest for a strong er bond. Parker was released on a $5,000 bond which was signed by his brother, Alfred Parker, of Ben In addition to what evidence has J been adduced from the testimony j of various witnesses, the coroner is now having expert finger print tests made and also laboratory | tests made of some blood splotches which were found on and about! Barber’s car on the day following the murder of Royal. The final hearing by the coro- | ner, which was held in Benson last - Thursday night at the town hall, was unexpected. Some. new wit-. nesses were examined at the pub lic hearing, and immediately there after a private hearing before the jury was held in the mayor’s of fice. The jury after due consideration)' )of all testimony to be procured found that J. M. Royal came to his death at his home in front of his garage in Banner township on the morning- of October 21, 1927 by gun shot in the hands of Claude Barber and the jury recomm.eno' that said Barber be held without bond for an investigation by the grand jury at the next Term of Superior court. The jury also find after due con sideration from all evidence to be procured that Golden Parker to be an accessory to the fact and to have taken an active part in the crime committed and recommend that his bond be materially in creased. When the calendar for the De cember term of the Johnston Su perior court was set here on De cember 1, this case was not ready for the trial docket, and it will be the March term before the case will be set for trial. FIDDLERS CONVENTION There will be a fiddler’s con vention, box supper and other num bers of importance given at the Holly Grove school house Friday night, December 16. All persons who are in the habit of making music of any kind are invited to come and bring your instrument and take part in the game and work for a prize. The general public is invited o attend and enjoy the music. Ad-; mission 25 cents. -> ^ °u can’t convince a self-made man that he gave himself the worst of it. 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 compiimentary ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must bo called for before th^' fol lowing issu*. Ronald Fuller recognized his name last issue. Today*. Tantalizer: josahckseamnl Serious Business Former Champ Jack Dempsey ;as most serious when he ap cared in court to defend a suit led by his former manager Jack ’earns for one-third of a millior rlaiminar breach of contract. Tobacco Market Closes On Dec. 16 —«•— Will Not Open After Christ mas This Year; More To bacco Already Sold Than Last Year. The Smithfield tobacco market is tearing the close of one of the i>est seasons in its history. On Fri lay, December 16, the market will 'lose for the season, practically all )f the tobacco in this section hav ng already- been marketed. Figures at this time are not ivailable as to the number of tounds sold on the Smithfield narket, but they total a good bit nore than for last year. Both warehouses, the Central and the Banner, consider the tobacco busi less good here this fall. Wh’le the sales , are now light, he weed is reported to be selling it a good price. Heretofore, the market has re >pened after Christmas for a short vhile, but this year when it closes n the 16th for the Christmas hol days, the season is over. NUTS ARE PACKED WITH RICH FOOD RALEIGH, Dec. 1.—Nuts which ire produced in rather larg-e abun lance in North Carolina are ex :ellent as food material although ;he food is somewhat concentrated ind not too many of the meats should be consumed at any one ime. “Nuts, like cheese, is the last word in concentrated nourishment,'* says Miss Maude E. Wallace, as sistant state home demnostration igent at State College.” “While children may crave candies and sweets, the rich fine flavor of the lut, eaten plain or improved with salt, should prove most alluring. But not too much of this food must) )e eaten at any one time and it must be well masticated or there may be digestive troubles,” Miss Wallace continued. There are several kinds of nuts found in North Carolina. Peanuts are abundant and there are good quantities of pecans, black wal nuts, chestnuts and hickory nuts. The peanut is high in nutritive value, states Miss Wallace, con taining 30 per cent of fat or oil. The pecan contains over 33 per :*ent of vegetable oil and the wal nut about 15 per cent. Each of these nuts contain much of the body building protein. The peanut ranks highest with the black walnut second. But there is another claim for food value that these materials have aside from the fat and protein. All nuts have a high content of lime and iron which is essential in the formation of blood, teeth and bone. The pe can, chestnut and walnut are not ed for their iron content while the almond leads in lime. Now that time for the harvest of nuts has arrived, Miss W’allace states they should be gathered and used in various dishes. Nut bread, peanut loaf and salted nuts arc three excellent dishes. The prod uct may be used in many other ways to add interest and flavor as well as nutritive value to the meal. Nuts with a salad of fruits and vegetales are appetizing or they may be served with fruit and rais ins as desert. They may also be used as a side dish or put into bread, cakes and sandwiches where C. W. CARTER APPEALS I IN MAYORALTY CASE j CLAYTON, Dec. 3.—C. W. Car ter today announced that he had takep an appeal to the Supreme j court in connection with the re- { versal of his claims to the mayor- k alty of the city. In the election last May Mr. Carter received one more vote than his opponent, Dr. F. G. Gower. Dr. Gower claimed that the election was illegal on the ground that several of the 1 Carter votes were cast by persons not entitled to vote. He took the r case to court, lost, appealed, got . a new trial and won. Now Mr. r j Carter appeals. i 99 School Truck ; Drivers Here Sat. < I -*- 1 Held Meeting In Interest of j Safety of Children and Eco- 1 nomical Upkeep of Trucks. i I Ninety-nine of the 119 truck s (drivers of the Johnston county j ; schools were here Saturday after j noon to attend the meeting called , c | by the county supreintendent of j schools, H. B. Marrow, in the in- ^ iterest of taking care of the trucks * and of making- it safe for the chil- € dren to ride on the trucks. The rain was incessant and the large crowd present was evidence of the ^ interest these drivers are taking } in their job. Rules and regulations regarding s the trucks have been printed and * a copy put up in each truck, and j' one of the first things to be dis- „ cussed Saturday was these rules and regulations. A splendid spirit C of cooperation was shown in the ^ meeting and it was unanimously agreed to keep the cost of the up- a keep of the trucks at the lowest J figure possible, and to make it as safe as possible for the children 1 who are tranported. * T. E. Talton, traffic officer of 41 Johnston county, made a very im- c pressive talk to the truck drivers, v assuring- them that they can count * on him to help to enforce the laws 8 that affect the operation of school e trucks. He asked the drivers to ^ take the license number of auto mobiles that pass a school truck a as children are getting on or off, 0 and report to him. He also stated 1 that if he caught a school truck ^ running at a rate beyond 25 miles t per hour, he would take action. ! Avery Williams and 0. W. Hed- t rick, county mechanics, made talks g concerning the care of the trucks, F and Harry Keller, of the Corinth- c Holders school told how he handled ^ the trucks on the school grounds. ^ The truck drivers also entered c into the discussions, and altogether, the meeting was a very profitable | one. s jGOLDSBORO MAY GET f PINELAND COLLEGE f GOLDSBORO, Dec. 3.—If Golds boro will donate a site of 10 to 30 acres for a junior college and a building to cost not less than one hundred thousand dollars, the Pineland Junior College at Salem-' burg, Sampson county, will be moved to Goldsboro, it was reveal- j ed at the chamber of commerce today. If the above requirements are j met the present college plant, ap- j praised at $192,000, would be ( deeded to the Goldsboro college and an endowment of $100,000 * transferred to the trustees of the , new school. The management is j willing to move from Salemburg •, to Goldsboro because of the more j central location here. Moving* the college to Goldsboro would in crease the enrollment of the in stitution to BOO, it is thought. MailEatJ^ and use ChristmasSeals "\ _ ii lew Post Office Now Seems Sure iome Dissatisfaction Over Proposed Site Between the Present Location and Young Motor Company; Ef fort to Re-open Matter. Smith-field has long needed a ew postoffice building, and the rospects seem to be materializing ow even though there is some dis atisfaction with, the location that as been chosen. A company knowr s the Smithfield Building Com any has been formed and it is be intention of the company tc rect between the present postof ce site and the Young Motoi 'ompany on Market street a build ig the lower floor of which has een leased to the government or a postoffice. The officers of the new firm arc s follow’s: president, W. \Ran om Sanders; vice-president, Harr} >. Sherwood, of Washington, D secretary-treasurer, W. M landers. The company has not et been incorporated but it wil robably be incorporated at ar arly date, unless present plans re disrupted. When it became known that the overnment would entertain a ropcsition to move the postofficc ito a new building, it is under tood that several propositions rere submitted to postoffice offic ils. The one that met with favor, owever, was that of the Smith eld Building Company. This ompany has leased to the govern lent the first floor space, 23 feet inches by 98 feet 6 inches, for period of ten years beginning anuary 1, 1928, or as soon there ftei as the building can be made eady, for a consideration of $1,60C er year, including heat, light nd water. Postmaster J. C. Stan il states that the new’ quarters ill be equipped with the latest xtures. Everything will bt :andardized and will be conveni ntly arranged for serving the ublic. The dissatisfaction that has risen over, the location is based n the fact that some of the bus less firms feel that any location jrther west than the present loca on would be a mistake. Natural r the town will not grow beyonO re river, and for this reason, a ood many w’ould prefer that the ostoffice be more centrally locat d. Iherc is a movement on foot ) reopen the matter writh a view > securing a location nearer the enter of the business section. - ■ -♦» Tom Tarheel says he has put a top to shooting birds on his lace and he is having less trouble rom insects now than ever be Mrs. Sanders Is Made Chairman Heads State U. D. C. Benton - ville Committee; Lay Plans For Improving Ground. Mrs. W. M. Sanders, who has "been vice-chairman of the Ben tonviile committee of the State U. D. C. has recently been appointed chairman, and she is already mak ing plans in regard to the Ben l.onvillo battleground, which if they materialize will m.ean a great deal to that section of Johnston county. In the meantime, work is going forward toward beautifying the spot where the marker was erect ed last fall. Miss Georgia Pil and, state landscape gardner, has visited the place and has submitted plans for the planting of shrubs, which will be done at the proper time. The local community is tak ing considerable interest in the effort to make the place attrac tive, and time will see their efforts rewarded. Mrs. Sanders is the logical chair man of the Bentonville commit tee, for she has always shown a deep interest in the place lboking after it even before the State U. D. C. took the matter up. Mrs. Sanders is also interested in preserving* the history not only cf Johnston county but also of North Carolina, particularly that part during the War Between the States. Two years ago she offer ed a prize for the best paper on the Battle of Bentonville written by a Johnston county citizen. Last year she offered a prize of ten dollars for the best paper on the Battle of Bentonville written by ; persons in the State outside of the county. This was won by an >jAsheville'’citizen. This year she is offering a similar prize, this time the subject being “Activities of Wheeler’s Cavalry.” Papers must be ready by the 1928 meeting of the State U. D. C. Brogdon SMITHFIELD, Route 2, Dee. 2. —Miss Rachel Hazelton spent the Thanksgiving week end at Durham and Chapel Hill. Miss Laurie Currie spent the jholidays with her sister, Mrs. G. A. Martin in Smithfield. Miss Susie Cannon and Miss Kate Huggins spent the Thanks giving holidays at Hertford at the former’s home. The Brog-den faculty held its regular teachers meeting Tuesday afternoon immediately after school. Mrs. David Creech and little son, Al, of Tanvpa, Fla., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gardner. I U M-V*> f Al lUli W ISAL 1 It Ul* NATION People who pile up billion-dol ir fortunes in the steel business 1 banking, in automobiles and oth rwise are supposed to be the reatest adders to the wealth ol he country. Some years ago, however, Johr tuskin wrote about “The Veins ol Wealth” in an article in which he eld that the true wealth of the ation consisted not in the yellow eins of gold running through the arth, but in the blue veins of hu lan blood. In other words-, men were wort! lOre to a country than natural re ources. Had the Pilgrim fathers, wh( anded on the bleak shores of New Ingland some years ago landed ir lanilla, the Philippines would bj his time have been as prosper us us Massachusetts. Take al he Philippines and transfer then o New England, and in their s-teac ut Newr Englanders in the Philip ine Islands, in a short time New 'ngland would be devastated ant he Philippines prosperous. It is men who make the coun ry. •, With this in view we considei ienora Esperidonia Chavez, St ears of age, of Los Angeles ocking the cradle of her one hun dred and sixty-second direct de scendant. She has nine daughters and two sons and they are all pro lific. Mrs. Chavez has therefore add ed to the country more wealth than that of John D. Rockefeller. Property has to be cared for and property rights to be expect ed, but the most inestimable treas ure of the land is its human be ings. France is supposed to be decad ent because the death rate piles up and the birth rate is decreasing. On the contrary it is faced by pro lific Germany with a steadily in creasing population. The most important power in the earth is its out-populating power. This-, in the end, wins more bat tles than armies or battleships. The health and vigor of a na tion is a better defense to that nation than armies and equipment. No matter how many tools you have, it takes men to use them. No matter how marvelous and complete is a locomotive, it is valueless without an expert engi neer. No matter how good your airplane, you have to have a Lind bergh to make it a success. In the end, it is always the hu man factor, and men do well to conserve life above all other Four Inches Of Rainfall Here -*— Cold Winds Accompany Rains In This Section; Snow and Sleet In West. December was ushered in by bad weather which was general throughout North Carolina. In the western part of the state a cold rain turned into snow and sleet, while in the eastern portion biting winds added to the disagreeable ness of the driving rains. More than four inches of rain fell in Smithfield from Thursday after noon .‘through ' Sunday night. The rainfall during the four days was as follows: Thursday, .21; Friday, .71; Saturday, .10; Sunday, 2.80; yesterday morning. .17. HEAVY SLEETS BREAK WIRES AT GREENSBORO GREENSBORO, Dec. 4.—Greens boro anil other cities in this section of the state generally had a costly and uncon portable1 Sunday, what with the heavy coat of sleet and chances of a rising temperature. More than 75 tele phones were put out of commis sion here during- the day as a re sult of cable leaks, while no little damage was done to trees and fine 1 shrubbery. Automobile traffic was unusual ly light during the day and only one accident was reported in the city to police. This was a minor one and resulted in only slight damage to three cars at the cor ner of Fulton and West Lee streets. The only near-serious accident of the day took place near Randle man late in the afternoon when a passenger bus driven by Walter York overturned after Kitting a state highway commission truck. Although there were eight persons in the car, no one was seriously hurt. York reported last night that the truck was parked in the high way and bore no light. The bus was headed south. BUS SERVICE DISRUPTED. Bus service between Greensboro and Winston-Salem was disrupted during the morning hours due to fallen wires and telephone poles. The same condition was reported between this city and Siler City, where high winds had apparently worked havoc with ice laden wires. Train schedules through the city were slightly offset as a result of the bad weather, some of the main line Southern passenger car riers arriving from one to two hours behind schedule. Street cars in the city operated on schedule. SNOW AND ICE RAPIDLY MELTING IN MOUNTAINS BLOWING ROCK, Dec. 4.—Snow and ice which covered Watauga county for two days was rapidly melting* late today but the skie.s look threatening and more snow is considered probable. Early to day the snow was covered with a thick crust of ice. Electric power was cut off because of icicles hanging to the wires. WATERS OF NEUSE RIVER OUT OF BANKS AT NEW BERN NEW BERN, Dec. 3.—For the first time in years the waters of Neuse River last night came over the banks here. There was no dan ger and the tide soon receded with a change of wind. Very little dam age was reported. The rainfall for the last four day3 has been unusually heavy, a total of 4.30 inches having fallen Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The fall today was not heavy but was almost continuous. The tem perature has been rather high. CLINTON BUSINESS PLACES THREATENED BY FLOOD CLINTON, Dec. 4.—Several bus iness houses including the office and plant of the Sampson Inde pendent, and store houses along the same street were threatened by rising waters last night. The heavy rains that continued through the entire day and until early this morning were too much for the drainage system in that section. Members of the local fire depart ment had to be called upon and labored until two o’clock this morning before they could get the waters pumped off the street, where it had reached a depth of Discovers Explosive ''UTOCAgTCt Edwin Mul van cy—Chattanooga, Penn, high school boy—in “Lab” xperiments discovered a new ex dosive—substitute for gasoline— vhich Federal chemists are now torkinir on. Regular Meeting Commissioners -—♦ Quite a Number of Tax Re leases Ordered; Select At torneys To Pass On School Bonds. Tbe County Board of Commis sioners held its regular meeting here yesterday and as usual trans acted quite a lot of business. Items disposed of during- the day includ ed the following: Upon motion duly seconded, Caldwell & Raymond of New York were employed as the county bond attorneys to pass on all school bonds. Ordered that J. C. J.ones be paid $7.00 for turkey killed by dogs be longing to Jim Gordon, Pleasant Grove township. Ordered that J. A. Pe.de be paid $35 for payment of use of blood hounds in catching storebreakers in Micro. A number of tax releases were ordered some of which were on land located in what is known as the Neuse “Islands.” The releases are as follows: Wayne Hardwood Company re leased of $8,320, tax valuation on 1200 acres in Bentonvillfc town ship. Leonard Winslow released of $4,500 tax valuation for 1926 and present year. W. H. Wells refunded tax on $265 tax valuation on personal property. Boon Hill township. Albert Banks, of Beulah town ship, released of poll tax for 1927 on account of being a non-resi Forrest Terry released of $50 tax valuation on personal proper ty and poll tax for 1927 on account of being a non-resident. J. W. Wood released of $2500 tax valuation in Meadow town ship. J. J. Deans released of $400 tax valuation on real estate in Selma township. Mrs. Alice More released of tax valuation on house and lot in Banner township for 1926 because she does not own the property. Mrs. Cora F. Crocker released of $1800 tax valuation on personal property on account of being a non-resident. The following releases in Ben tonville township were ordered because of over-valuation: Sallie Eason $185; Joel and Henry Blackman, S400; Atlas Lambert, $795; J. W. Stafford, $360; C. B. & M. A. Pennington, $820. C. B. & M. A. Pennington, $2,380; C. H. Johnson, $535; L. R. Martin, $830; I. G. Martin, $950; Hester Willi ford. $290; D. E. Adams, $120; D. E, Adams, $180; Mrs. John Law hon, $825; M. C. Williford, $1,100; E. H. Lawhom, $2,550; Miss Amy Stevens, $1,300. Upon motion, it was /ordered that D. O. Uzzle be paid $150 as assistant auditor. Ordered that J. M. Adams be paid $30.60 for summoning 51 witnesses in J. M. Royal inquest case. about eight inches. Other streets in the town, in the residential sec tion also, had the appearance of a canal. "Sleet is reported to have fallen in portions of the county near the Wayne county line. rfitt I Hi A Li Congress Meets For 70th Term —f— House Expects Little Opposi tion In Re-electing Speak? > Long worth and Other Pan, Officials; Important Proh lems. WASHINGTON, Dec. r,.—0 - gvess assembled today for xh first session of its seventieth ter; Facing a host of problems as im portant as any since the war am beset by internal political erup tions, the legislators approved : long avenue of endeavor that wii bring them to adjournment in th summer just in time for the partj conventions and the following pres idential campaign. With the day to itself in prep aration for receipt tomorrow o Piesident Coolidge’s message an. the budget recommendations os Wednesday, Congress devoted it; fust day to organization of its twi chambers. A two-fold flaire-up was th< Senate’s prospect but the house! with a substantial republican m&i jority, anticipated little difficult] in puting over its program of re election of speaker Nicholas Long worth and other party officials ove the democratic ticket headed b Finis J.‘Garrett, the minority lean Republican leaders were not ■ optimistic in the Senate, where ; small group of western republi can independents, because of th one-vote majority of the old guai over the democratic membership held the whip hand in decidir. where Senator Moses of Nev Hampshire, or Senator Pittman democrat, of Nevada, shall ! president pro-tempore. With the organization prograo and the fight over the seating c Senators-elect Frank L. Smith, J Illinois, and William. S. Vare Pennsylvania, in the balance, lead! ers of the republican and demo! cratie parties hastened into con* ference with the independent;* prior to the session opening a* noon, hopeful of smoothing t.h* way to agreement. u ' Without disclosing how the;' will employ their votes in the opl ening day skirmishing, the inrf .i pendents have demanded of l j majority party assurances th. I early votes will be taken on far j relief, a measure to curb the , junction power of federal courts labor disputes, and a resolut proposing investigation of the ministration’s policy in latin-Am t ica. 1 The independents, Frazier a ] Nyd of North Dakota, and I ; Follette and Blaine of Wisconsin republicans, and the farmer-la:>. 1 Senator, Shipstead, of Minnesot! have received the personal ass-.i ance of Senator Curtis of Kan i the republican leader, on th \ points but they have insisted tl. , the party as a whole pledge ■ ^ self to prompt again.—Associa ( Press. -* DOG HIKES 700 MILES Elkhorn, Wis., Dec. 2.—Fritzi, ji shepherd dog belonging to Mrs. f. Balfe of Williams Bay, Wis.. | rinishing his journey home fr *J the West by train, after hiking miles from Yellowstone Parlj jr Denver. The dog*, which was fo•::$ footsore and exhausted by a Dew ver woman, was traced to Wiscoji sin by a license tag. ~~~~ ~ ,'t Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— !s ! “Hit look lak dey g-winter ma| , us pay berryin* spences uv backer co-whops.”