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^cnf i5lR Year W Publication Established 1882 Published xvery Tuesday and Friday morning at 111% Court House Alley Entered at Smithfield, N. C., Postoffice as second class matter. MRS T. J. LASSITER . Editor W. M. GASKIN.Business Manager T. J. Lassiter Estate, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter and W. M. Gaskin, Owners Telephone 10—All Departments SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail, all subscriptions strictly payable in advance 1 year.$2.00 ♦> months . 1.00 3 months ...!!!.. , 1 month . 25 * Single copy ....».05 Advertising rates furnished upon request. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Book at the printed label on your paper. The date thereon S. ows when the Rubs^ription expires. For ward your money in ample time for renewal. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct, please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address on their paper changed, please state in their com munication oolh the OLD and NEW address. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE American Press Association, New York City TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1928 If Hickman keeps confessing to murders that he has committed, he , will need as many lives as the proverbial cat, in order to receive justice. Johnston county girls will have to do some wooing during Leap Year, if they beat the opposite sex at getting matrimonial knots tied. Fifty marriage lecenses during the week of Dec. 22—29, was the record of the John ston bounty register of deeds. HELP US TO MAKE A NEWSY SHEET— S' The Herald is always anxious to print news. Accounts of marriages, births, deaths will be given ample space when they are news. However, after space has been given for a good account of a thing, second write ups, unless they contain information not told in the first account, will, in future, be charg ed for. Anniversary obituaries will also be charged for. , a happening in your community has not been reported, send it in. In fact, do not wait to see if it is going to be reported, but send iF7n anyway. We have a fine lot of corres pondents, one in almost every community, but they cannot always get everything that happens. They will appreciate it if you will report to them, or send it direct to the Her ald. We have to depend upon the public to make our paper interesting, and as we begin the new year, we bespeak the cooperaation of our friends in making the Herald what we would have it be—Your paper. Many an interesting news item in the county fails to get in the paper, because we do not hear of it. Help us to make a newsy sheet in 1928. Christmas around Smithfield was observ ed very quietly. Officials had practically nothing to do in the way of keeping order. There may have been some drinking but those who imbibed were careful to respect the rights of others and made no trouble. There are folks who try to believe that pro hibition is worse than the licensed sale of in toxicants. But we are of the opinion that Christmas would have been much less quiet if open barrooms or dispensaries had been ip Operation. One reason we beiieve this is because the effect of prohibition was felt al most everywhere. A quiet Christmas was the rule. s' Even economy has its' disadvfintagasT'We hear on all sides about extrjWitgaiTce of gov c)^l!^n'>4W^I:TTteHKTy'Tfiere ,is ground for comment, but tjiere** ig as tag tio economical. (3f.iri.sT). Wilbur, sec A tary of the navy, has been called upon b> Representative Black to hand in his resigna tion, because he failed to maintain the nav at its proper standard of efficiency and in directly was responsible for the submarin wreck that cost six lives. The sunken sub marine lies in a hundred feet of water of the coast of Provincetown, Mass. The mei were trapped in the torpedo room. Worl still goes forward to raise the sunken craf even though hope for the imprisoned mei has been long abandoned. It was an awfu disaster, and one that Representative Blacl thinks is inexcusable. > PICKED UP HERE AND THERE Travelers over the old Smithfield an< Princeton Highway last Sunday were won dering what is going to happen to Cap Jack’s Railway. A large freight locomotiv< pulling more than one hundred A. C. L. bo> cars was seen on the track arid when the travelers returned several hours later, the} found that the locuinotive had disappearec and that the box cars in groups of ten anc twelve were strung along the steel rails foi more than two miles. At the Holt Mill Cross ing, one traveller noticed that there seemec to be an interminable string of cars extend ing toward the Goldsboro terminal of the re tired railway. “What does it mean ?" asked one who was endowed with feminine curosity. “It may mean several things dear,” was the answer. “It may mean that the cars arc there to keep any one from stealing the track. It may mean that some bootlegger has ordered them placed there so he can ship a little Johnston County Corn. It may mean that the A. C. L. is hiding the cars from the tax collector. It may mean that the A. C. L. wants to furnish some light wood for the poor farmers down this way. It may mean all of these or none of these. If you want to know exactly what it means, why don’t you ask Jimmie Campbell.”—A. Some young flapper has been corrupting the language of “Uncle Richmond,” one oi the colored janitors at the court house. Sat urday night, “Uncle Richmond” was pass ing up Market Street when die looked across the street and saw the brilliant lights of N. B. Grantham’s new store. “That’s a dear lit tle place,” commented the well-known old darkey. Then he added: “It sure do look sweet.” A farmer came into our office one day last week and gave an advertisement concerning some farms that he has for rent. We were struck with his sense of humor and also im pressed that he knew a certain class of ren ters when he said, after giving us the infor mation about the kind of renter he would like for his farms: “I have a good mind to add this: No one need apply who does not poss ess at least two good Fords and some fish ing tackle!” “Perfumed baths will be next in order” de clared an outraged citizen of Johnston couw ty in our office recently. Whaf had so rilec this citizen was the amount of tax that he has to pay, one reason for it he thinks, is ar extravagant government. He wanted to know what.-Was the idea in spending severa J^JoCusand dollars to put up stronger guards on the jail windows, when the jail birds car be kept from getting out by locking them ii a cell. Then he remarked emphatically “Per fumed baths will be next in order.” Sign Of Aquarius - - (water carrier) - - comes January. A good time for you, Mr. Merchant, to “pour” a few dollars into Advertising in the The Smithfield Herald ' ’X - - and satisfy the “thirst for Bargains” of the local populace! 'cffenDo : MR. ALFORD WRITES FROM - CLEVELAND, OHIO. I To the Editor: ! I have been intending to write Jyou a few items for some time. ■(As Christmas has just passed. I [ will tell you something of what 'Christmas and “Santa Clau” means jin a gveat city, and “Uncle Sam’s’’ ^facilities for handling it. During ! Christmas week stamp sales for * par cel post, and insurance, alone, amounted to more than half a mil lion dollars. This does not include I the re’gular mail and Christmas ' cards of the two-cent variety. Cleveland has 128 sub-postal sta-, tions and 14 division postoffices { |the carriers work out from; two! [ parcel post offices (one- dispatches Jthe outgoing, the other distributes | the incomiipg (parcels), and the 'igeneral postoffice. Our sub-stati6n ■ is number 11, being across the street, it has been interesting to j watch* It is not the largest, nor the smallest, but an average. All! ,the week they have been taking three truck loads (regular moving ,vans) daily of parcels. This would j mean about 400 truck loads leav-] ing the city daily. When all this is rushed on the trains one cad see why the mails and Christmas parcels are delayed and carried by* I can now understand Uncle Sam’s ■ (slog'an, posted in all postoffices jabout December 1; “Shop and Mail ! I saw in today’s paper that the I Christmas week ^tles in the retail ■ 'stores amounted to more than fif- .i teen million dollars. Still they say : it is “hard times” with 96,000 un- : employed men in the city. That is ,a lot of idle men, but I under stand the steel mills and many oth- < jer industrial plants are to start up Isoon. j We are beginning: to have real : winter. About ten days ago we had • |a 6-inch snow that is still with us, and it continues to snow a little < every day. It is very fine and dry ' and will drift back and forth over 1 night. On the street under traffic 1 it works out^io the curb in ridges ; and looks very much like Johnston « county sand. I I hope you, and all the folks at - home had a merry Christmas. With ' best New Year wishes to all. I R. H. ALFORD, |l Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 26. j Chevrolet Company j Presents New Car i STARTS ON PACE ONE j ;suit, the new line achieves to a:i degree hitherto unexampled in th:|: flow priced field a standard of L . smartness, advanced performance, M striking color combinations, com- ; Ipleteness of equipment and min-j’ jute attention to style, comfort and | luxury. | The new ear has a distinctive big* car appearance entirely foreign to • its price class. This is achieved by [i i-adding four inches to the wheel-j j ba.se, bringing the present! total [ ito 107 inches. The four inches that have been'; (added to the frame materially in- *; ttrease the beauty, and the effect of j bigness, of the finished product. ( Stressing the beauty of line are new honeycomb Harrison radia- j. tors of deep, lender, graceful de sign. Thei: added depth has so raised,-dhe front of the car that froij^the cowl to the base of the ;1 'ja^v low radiator cap the line is (unbroken and nearly level. Radiator shells are of non-rust- j ing airplane metal; while thermo jstat control of the cooling system j iis an additional feature. j Complementing the extra four * 'inches in wheelbase is increased j length in several of the body types J I The coach body is five inches long-: ,er than a year ago. The sedan j body likewise has been increased: two and tt^ee-quartcr inches, Among the many new body 're finements is a fully inclosed and" in- * directly lighted instrument panel,! oval in shape, with the speedom-1 eter, ammeter and oil gauge in j full view for day or night driving*, j All passenger models have larg-1 er 30 by 4.50 balloon tires and j steel disc wheels ah standard; equipment. Other standard equip ment includes stoplight, rear vis ion mirror, gasoline gauge, com plete tool set, and theft proof steer ing and ignition lock. Additional equipment is standard with individ ual models. All closed bodies are by Fisher, styled and designed with the smart- j ness and beauty for, which the j Fisher narpe is famous. All are I of composite , steel and hardwood construction -of the type found on 1 tJhe highest priced ears. ’And ail are finished in genuine Duco col ors—five beautiful combinations on the seven models. The Imperial Landau is finished tin Cossack brown Duco with Moun tain brown body beading and gold striping; the coupe and sedan in Faunce green Duco with black body beading and striping in gold en yellow; the sport cabriolet in Dundee grjfy Duco with Brocatelle green Duco beading* and gold stripe; the coach in Avenue green Duco, Tartan tan wheels, black beading and striping in gold; and the open touring and roadster in Falmouth gray Duco with body beading in black and striping in French gray. Mechanically the car has been improved to parallel in perform ance, speed and roadability its new beauty and advanced body design. It is powered by an improved valve in bead engine that in road tests developed 34.G per cent more pow er and approximately five more miles per hour than the previous'! Chevrolet engine. j New features developed in the engine include a new motor en closure which completely covers the iralve lifts and makes for a quieter und cleaner engine. New crapkcase breathing system which eliminates the leakage of engine fumes thru the body of the caVj new two-port exhaust; new alloy constant clear ance “invar strut” pistons, new lydro-lamir.ated camshaft gears, j mproved mushroom valve tappets,! •nd larger camshaft. j An oil pump provides efficient! ubrication to all bearing- surfaces; -vhile an AC oil filter and an AC 1 lir cleaner protect all moving!. )ai ts of. tha engine from dirt and \ >ther foreign matter, thus adding | Materially to the life of the mo-j or. The new four-wheel brakes rep-1 ■esent an outstanding1 achievement: >f General Motors and Chevrolet • engineers. They are the non-lock,-'! ng type, with positive brake lin- ’ ngs. Front brakes are internal) ex panding and rear brakes external :cntracting. Front and rear brakes* lave been proportioned to prevent iide drag or pull. Their total brak ng service amounts to 189 square nches. Each brake has an individual, iisily assessible adjustment, wjiile ‘stops” are provided at the wheel o simplify the adjustment opera ion. So accurately has the" lever age on the foot pedal been worked ut between the front and . rc-av •rakes that maximum application •t‘ the brakes is obtained with a ery slight pedal pressure. In addition to the four wheel •rakes the new cars have an emer rency brake, with an additional •raking surface of 70 square in hes. It operates entiiely independ ht of the four wheel service" •rakes, thus assuring * adequate u-aking facilities at all times. Another important achievement n the 1928 line of the cars ,is the lew shock absorber semi-elliptic piings which run parallel to the lame and equal 84 per cent of the ncrcased wheelbase of the car. L*he springs represent still another j nnovation pioneered by Chevrolet They provide 50 per cent better iding qualities than the old type if spring-, according to observers. In developing the new springs, Chevrolet engineers strove not only or smooth boulevard driving but ilso for maximum comfort at high ipeeds over rough roads. This end could be attained-, they1 liscovered after exhaustive testing 1 md experimenting, through in- I Teasing spring- friction by putting j •everse “checks’*—two to each j spring—midway between the ceu->' er shackle and the spring end. * rhese “cheeks” resemble inverted ■ ;teel bows with the center section jressed down against the ton jpring leaf under COO pounds of pressure. The new models have a slender | 17 inch walnut finished steering wheel, while increased steering case has been attained by the in clusion of several new features, j Ball bearing thrusts have been added to the steering mechanism, md the steering ratio has been in- j •reused from eight to nine and one1 lalf to one. Transmission, univer- j <al joint and rear axle are of the ' Jependable construction that gave such satisfactory tC-rviioe in the 1 ‘Most Beautiful Chevrolet,” as is : Lhe electrical system. An index of the safety of the electrical equip ment and the approved vacuum feed type of system with safety | lank in the rear, is the fact that underwriter’s! approval gives the lowest fire insurance rates. The chassis, in adition to its 4-1 inch increase in length, has a ndw extra strong front axle. The frame is of channel steel 4 3-4 inches deep, with five rigid steel cross members. Stewart vacuum fuel feed has been retained, and also the safe ty ten-gallon gasoline tank with a gas gauge in the rear where a wide steel rear crosfcr member pro tects it. The lubrication of the chassis is by the Alemite pressure g-un sys All models havy one-piece, deep full crowned fenders of heavy Better Pay Some A tuition To ±—-. By T Reid BETWEEN YOU AND ME : By N. E. H. AND ITS human nature. *• 1 TO THIRST after that. WHICH ONE is deprived of. ANI) SHE’S nearly two. AND NOT quite capable. OF UNDERSTANDING all. THAT GOES on about her. HUT THERE’S one thing. SHE’S WELL aware of. AND THAT is. SOUR PICKLES are pleasing. * * ♦ TO AND THAT'S the very thing. HER MOTHER is unwilling. FOR HER -to partake of. AND THAT’S the very thing. SHE WANTS most. AND THE other day. AT DINNER. THERE WERE pickles. 'ON THE table. ; ? •- * :*. * "and TIIE baby painted. AND DABBLED in her. BABY WAY for them. AND HER mother. FIRMLY INFORMED her. THERE WAS nothing doing. AND BEING myself. VERY TENDERHEARTED. DEMONSTRATED WITH the mother. \ND PLllAD baby’s case. ^>.U U was cooly told. ; ^ TH.Vi SHE was raising. 1 * * * * THAT BABY. AND IF I expected her. TO FEED the baby pickles. AND GIVE her colics. AND MAYBE spasmodic croup. I WAS sadly lacking. IN THE upper dome. AND THE baby cried pitiful. AND WHEN her mother. , WENT INTO the kitchen. I HANDED her. 'HALF A pickle. AND SHE was .eating away. WHEN HER mother came back. ANrp BOY, when she saw it. * * * SHE W,AS some mad. AND ASKED how she got it. AND DOLOREZ being. * «:= * LIKE ALL other women. * *f " * "— COTLDN’T KEEP a secret. AND SI ARTE D pointing. AND RABBLING da-da-da. * * * AND AS my punishment. I WAS made to walk the floor. WITH HER that night. HEN SHE had the colic, I THANK you. cauge steel, deep-cushioned com- « ’ortable seats, ribbed rubber-co'v :red steel running boards, chro nium plated hood catches and Jiood landles with aluminum bead on i he hood, demountable rims with i tire carrier and extra rim, indi *ectly lighted instrument panel, ;heft-proof steering and ignition ock, rear vision mirror, and com-1' olete kit of tools with tire pump ind jack. In addition the closed models by I Kisher have plate glass windows, j, Fernstcdt window regulators, one piece VV windshield, remote door controls with lock in handle, mili tary type s-un visor, automatic' windshield cleaner and dome light ' in certain models as well as foot; rest, ash tray, robe rail, etc. In anticipation of the demand of fhe.se bigger and better cars, Chev- j rolet factories are running day and ’ nf.ght on capacity production. Ship ments are leaving daily for all parts of the world, so that Chevro- j let dealers may make prompt de livery on all models. BIBLE BABIES. 1* “Baby” under a bush. Gen. 21:12-18. ' . “Baby” in an ark of bulrushes.. Exo. 2:3. “Baby” given to the Lord. 1 Sam. 1:27-28. d. “Baby” to be cut in two for 2 mothers. 1 Kings 3:16-28. “Baby” dying because of father's sins. 2 Sam. 12:15-23. 6. “Baby” full of the Holy Ghost. Luke 1:15. “Babe” in Bethlehem. Matt. 2:1 10. N. B.—Us© Bible as you voad. l>. H. TUTTLE. Id Ads pity big returns for liar invoilfd. A nnouncement: We Are Now In Our New Store J We thank our customers and friends for their liberal patronage last year * and we will strive to merit the same . in 1928. WE WISH YOU ALL Y HAPPY AMI) PROSPEROUS N1 W YEAR
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