VALUE OF BREVITY—
THE G O. P. CONVENTION—
COLDEST SPOT ON EARTH
MARRIAGE STILL BEST—
y
President Coolidge, a man of
few words, regrets that his mes
sage to Congress could not be
shorter. Madame de Sevigne wrote
to her daughter, “If I had had
more time I should have written
you a shorter letter.” Considering
the field covered the President’s
message will be found shorter than
most men could have made it. His
“I do not choose” proves ability
to say much in few words.
In Australia workers, unemploy
ed, tried to force their way into
the Treasury Building. The riot
ing was suppressed.
Australia is severe in its immi
gration limitations, and rioting
there by the unemployed reminds
American workers that what a
country NEEDS is population.
A monument to Theodore Roose
velt will be erected above the
Culebra Cut overlooking the Pan
ama Canal. Roosevelt deserves the
honor; the monument should be a
fine one.
. All his interesting talk, advis
women to have nineteen chil- |
- cfren,\ etc., will be forgotten. But
the fact that he put through the |
Panama Canal will NOT be for
gotten. In that he rendered great
service.
Old age is the night of life, j
“Work, for the night is coming
when man’s work ij done,” says!
the old hymn. For those that have
not saved, age is a dreary night.
San Francisco is expected to get
the Republican convention next
year, with 23 national cqmmittee
mew now pledged. That is the place
for the convention. Many import
ant Republicans need to visit San
Francisco, learn something about
the United States on the way, and
something about national develop
ment after they get there.
Chicago has found in Detroit a
blonde beauty with long hair, and
positively arranged yesterday to
show a Lady Godiva at last night’s ;
i'Arts Bal^. Rosalind Hightower,
who will be Lady Godiva, without
horse, rode to Chicago from De
troit in an airplane, and will pose
in a picture frame, hair and all.'
She sees nothing immodest in a1
beautiful lady dressed only in her
hair, and says: “To me a short:
fat woman in an abbreviated skirt
is vulgar; the human body is a
thing of beauty.”
Beilin scientists have created
the coldest spot on earth, producing
in laboratory experiments a tem
perature 45‘J degrees below zero.
Outside our atmosphere, in mys
terious spaCes separating solar
systems from each other, there ex
ists “absolute zero.” On our Fah
renheit thermometer that would
be 4G1 degrees below zero, space
without heat.
At such a temperature, the prop
erties of matter change. Metals
lose resistance to electricity and
become supra-conductors. A thin
thread of mercury will carry suf
ficient electricity to light several
hundred lamps. Helium, the gas
used in our dirigibles, becomes liq
uid in a few degrees above abso
lute zero. In that terrible cold mol
ecules in matter lose their motion,
which may account for their
greater electric conductivity.
First abstract science, then use
ful appreciation. Practical men
may find a way to create in met
als, apart from any absolute zero
temperature, conditions similar to
t
(Turn to page 7, please)
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field, and if the right one de
ciphers his name and ^'ill pre
sent it to The Herald office,
we will present him with a
complimentary ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
be calied for before the fol
lowing issue.
Joe Mahler recognized his
name last issue.
Today** -Tantalizer:
fennaessjeor
Johnston County’s Oldest and Best^ Newspaper - - Established 1882
' —. .■ _
% % SMITHFIELP, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1928
CONSIDER THIS! f
The Hearld has the largest circu- !
lation of any newspaper publish
ed in Johnston County. That’s |
something to consider, Mr. Ad
vertiser 1
l
VOLUME 46—NO. 4
t
$2.00 PER YEAR
MRS. RUTH SNYDER AND JUDD GRAY DEA
---IS
Figures On $750,000
School Bond Issue
-
County Supt. Marrow Gives Summary of
Advances For School Buildings
In order that the public may be
informed as to what the $750,000
bond issue under the consideration
of the Board of County Commis
sioners at their meeting Jhere on
Monday, is all about, we have ask
ed the county superintendent to
give us figures from the official
audit of the school books to show
what is included in this debt that
is to be funded.
In the figures given below, it
will be noticed that frequently fig
ures are given for “balance op
building.” This is simply the
amount that was ordered taken
from the general school fund to
supplement amounts already rais
ed in local'communities possibly by
a bond issue voted on and sold be
fore the c.cunty adopted in 1925
the plan of not allowing district
bonds to be issued. The other fig
ures speak for themselves. As
has been stated before, this amount
is not a new debt which the coun
ty is contracting, but is simply a
business-like way of funding, ac
cording to the County Finance Act, |
what has already been contracted.
The summary of advances from
the general school fund for school
buildings is as follows:
Archer Lodge: Balance on build
ing, $9,645.85; additio nto building,
$16,047.91; teacherage, $16,071.18.
Brogden: Balance on building
and teacherage, $15,159.97.
Corbett-Hatcher: Balance on (
building, S500.00.
Corinth-Holders: Balance on
building, $3,250.00; addition to
building, heating and plumbing, \
watre, lights, sewerage, $41,841.37;
high school building, $83,994.99;
(Turn to page eight, please)
New Development
Put On Market
“Hillcrest” Was Scene Of
Auction Sale Wednesday;
J. L. Johnson Buys House
and Two Acres
-♦
“Hillcrest,” Smithfield’s newest
real estate development, was put
on the market Wednesday when
Honeycutt, Abell and Gray, selling
agents, conducted an auction sale at
the scene of the property south
of town. All the things that at
tend a sale of this kind were in
evidence including a brass band,
cash prizes*, one grand prize, a
large crowd of folks, ar.d in this
event, sunshiny weather.
There are quite a number of
lots in this development, and not
all of them were sold Wednesday.
Among those that were sold was
the seven room house with two
acres of ground which was pur
chased by J. Lemmie Johnson.
Britton and Hill, a new automobile
firm that has recently opened up
business here, purchased two lots.
T. S. Ragsdale invested in several
of the lots. Other sales were made,
but at this time they have not
been confirmed. The remainder of
the lots will be disposed of at pri
vate sales.
/VII icttvuu; ui. vt.v
auction sale -was the drawing of
the cash prizes and also the draw
ing for the radio, which was the
grand prize given away. Four
names were drawn, before the ra
dio was awarded, one of the rules
being that the recipient must be
on hand when the drawing is made.
The first name drawn was Mrs. G.
E. Thornton. She had left the sale.
Then the name of Mrs. C. B. Reg
ister was drawn. She also had
gone, and another trial was made,
this time T. E. Talton’s name be
ing taken out of the box. The
fourth draw gave the radio to W.
H. Austin.
Priscilla Club is Entertained.
j Kenly, Jan. 9.—Mrs. H. M. Griz
[zard wras hostess to the Priscilla
club a few afternoons ago at the
last meeting of the year. Tho low
er floor of the lovely home was
thrown en suite and decorated with
embldms of the holiday season.
After a social hour refreshments
in which the season’s colors were
in evidence, were served. Con
gealed fruit salad, saltines, cheese
and nut and date sticks were fol
lowed by mince pie with hot cof
fee and whipped cream.
-+
Moves To Selma.
Selma, Jan. 11.—Mr. and Mrs,
H. D. Culbreth, of Dillon, S. C.
have taken apartment at Mrs. G
M. Willetts’ on Railroad street.
We extend a welcome to these new
comers to our towm.
Two Days Session
Co. Commissioners
-•—
Change Is Made In Office of
Collector of Delinquent
Taxes; Number of Tax Re
leases Made
-♦
At a meeting1 of the County
Board of Commissioners held here
here Monday, the services of the
collector of delinquent taxes, R. L.
Fitzgerald, former county auditor
under the Republican administra
tion, were dispensed with, and an
order was passed asking' him to
render report. The office will be
temporarily in the charge of Miss
Lucile Johnson who has been as
sisting with this work.
The commissioners were in ses
sion for two days, Monday and
Tuesday and numerous items of
business were disposed of.
H. J. Hinton was allowed to pay L
one-half of the loan of $2500, and
the balance is to be carried for
twelve months.
The county attorney was in
structed to investigate the petition
of J .E. Smith concerning taxes ,
and to make recomendations to the
board at its next meeting.
J. C. Jones was ordered paid
$7.50 for a turkey killed by a dog
of Jim Gordon’s and an order was
passed that Jim Gordon be sum
moned to appear before the board
on the first Monday in February'.
funding) in the amount of $125,000
be sold to Bray Bros, of Greens
boro, at 4.25.
It was ordered that W. F.
Grimes, tax collector, turn over all
privilege tax books and license tax
books.
The following tax releases were j
ordered: l
U. B. Batten was released of,
$500 tax valuation in Wilders j
township.
John H. Morgan was released of j
tax valuation on one male dog list- j
ed through error.
J. H. Lee was released of poll
tax 1927, Smithfield township, on
account of being a paralytic.
O. N. Gulley and G. Thurman
Smith were released of 1918 taxes |
on 108 acres listed by them, the!
taxes having been paid.
W. J. Tippett, O’Neals township,
was released of $430 tax valuation 1
real estate, 1927.
W. It. Broadwell was released
of $570 tax valuation on real es
tate in O’Neals township.
Mrs. C. E. Richardson was re
leased of $1,065 tax valuation on
real estate in Bentonville town
ship.
F. G. Gower was released of
taxes for the years 1919, 1920,
1921, Cleveland township, these
taxes having been paid.
D. L. Peacock was ordered a tax
refund on $1,250 valuation on real
estate in Meadow township.
[ (Turn to page 7, please)
I POLICES
I_
Helen Baker, who keeps
the books ordinarily, becomes tii$
whole police department of North;
Arlington, N. J., when the police
force is called away at timesj
When she has police powers thrust
upon her in emergencies, she does
everything required of a cop, even
to hauline in the town drunks, if
any.
Annual Meeting
Of Farmers Bank
—♦—
Institution Pays Good Divi
dend In 1927—Two New
Members on Board of Di
rectors
The condition of the Farmers
3ank and Trust company of this
:ity is somewhat evidenced by the
:act that that institution' paid its
.tockholders last year nine per
;ent dividends. The bank has
>hown growth as was indicated at
;he annual meeting of the stock
lolders held here Monday after
loon at three o’clock, in the report
>resented by F. C. Sweeney, cask
er of the bank. The bank showed
net earnings of $3,691.74. Repre
sented at the meeting Monday aft •
?rnoon were 199 shares in person
md 50 shares by proxy. W. N.
ftolt was made chairman of the
neeting and F. C. Sweeney, sec
retary.
The chief transaction of the
ifternoon was the election of a
joard of directors for another year,
rwo new members were chosen
hese being J. E. Gregory and J.
Rogers. The old members of
he board include R. C. Gillett, D.
W. Peterson, W. T. Holland, W. N.
dolt, Geo. T. Scott, J. E. Woodall,
las. D. Parker, W. H. Flowers, Dr.
1. H. Fitzgerald, C. L. Sanders, H.
V. Rose, W. J. Huntley.
In the evening at seven o’clock,
;he directors held a meeting and
elected the following officers: pres
dent, R. C. Gillett; vice-presidents,
W. T. Holland and J. E. Woodali;
cashier, F. C. Sweeney; assistant
^ashier, J. E. Peterson. Miss Ruby
Woodall is bookkeeper and stenog
rapher.
Four Oaks
Suffers Fire
-«
A disastrous fire occurred in
Four Oaks Wednesday afternoon
when the house in which Robert
Barbour was living was complete
ly destroyed together with the
furniture. The house belonged to
Charlie Grady, and there was no
insurance on either the house or
on the furniture of Mr. Barbour.
The fire was discovered by Mr.
Barbour about six-thirty o'clock,
the blaze being in the roof. It is
thought that a defective flue was
the cause. The fire had gained such
headway that it was impossible for
the bucket brigade to put it out,
and it was impossible even to save
any of the furniture. The stables
and barn nearby, caught fire also
and were destroyed. The loss is
estimated to fro around $.5,000.
Baptist Pastors
Hold Conference
Rev. S. L. Morgan Reads
Paper on Church Disci
pline” Which Receives Fav
orable Contir.cr.t
The monthly conference of Bap
tist pastors of the Johnston Asso
ciation met in Smithfield January
9 with a good attendance. Two
matters of importance were dis
cussed. One was the coming cele
bration of the 8th anniversary of
:he Prohibition movement Janu
ary 1G, when the Eighteenth.
Amendment to our national con
stitution went into effect. The con
ference went on record declaring
the confidence of the ministers in
the vast moral and material ben
efits that have come to our state
and nation under the eight years
of prohibition, and expressing hope
that every community will cele
brate in a proper way the coming
8th anniversary, with a view to
further strengthening the effort tc
enforce our prohibition laws and
to magnify the 18th amendment tc
our constitution.
In© other subject discussed was
Church Discipline, which had been
chosen as the special topic for dis
cussion. Rev. S. L. Morgan, of
Smithfield, read a brief paper in
troducing the discussion, which was
received with favorable comment,
and which he was asked to offer
to the several papers in Johnston
county with a view to bringing to
the attention of the church people
the vast importance of a healthy
discipline in our churches. There
was unanimous agreement that all
our churches and Christianity in
general are suffering greatly from
neglect of a scriptural discipline.
Mr. Morgan’s paper was in part
as follows:
“Discipline comes from the Latin
‘disco,’ to learn. Disciple, from the
same word, means a learner, one
who is under discipline, one who
is being taught and trained. Chuitjh
discipline is distinguished as for
mative and corrective. Formative
discipline develops character by
Christian culture. Corrective dis
cipline aims at reforming the
wrong-doer, or at settling difficul
ties. Formative discipline is con
structive. It is the end aimed at in
all our teaching and preaching and
church activities. Corrective dis
cipline is exceptional, the less im
portant, but is what we generally
mean by church discipline.
Discipline inheres in the very
idea of order and government. Ev
ery organization must have laws
or rules by which it agrees to be
governed. Without them there is
anarchy, chaos. The state, the
family, the club, the lodge, all
must have their accepted laws or
regulations and be governed by
them, else order and efficiency are
impossible. Wherever these laws
or regulations have long been dis
regarded the organization has be
come weak and inefficient. It loses
self-respect and the respect of the
world; it weakens in morale; it
(Turn to page 7, please)
CAROLINA TEL. & TEL. CO.
TAKES OVER CLAYTON LINE
The Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph company has recently
taken over the Clayton telephone
system which makes that com
pany now in control of all the lines
in the county except those at
SeLma and Princeton. It is the
intention of the Carolina Tele
phone and Telegraph company to
rebuild the Clayton system putting
in automatic telephones. Long
distance calls will then come
through Smithfield. Wfcirk of re
building will begin about March
1, according to R. E. Bailey, man
ager of thd telephone system
here.
The Clayton telephone lines were
owned by a stock company until
taken over by the Carolina com
pany.
ACCEPTS POSITION
WITH B. & O. RAILROAD
N. D. Hall has accepted a posi
tion with the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, New York, and left yes
terday to assume his duties,
i
Finally Gets Medal
m
Charles 1*. Hopkins with the
Congressional Medal of Honor
find a citation for distinguished
gallantry under fire during the
Civil War that was awarded Hop
icins sixty-two years ago but which
has just reached him. The delay
tvas due to the veteran’s reluctance
to apply personally for the honor.
Local Bank Pays
Its 62nd Dividend
First and Citizens National
Bank Shows Year of
Growth — No Change In
Officers; One New Director
--».
The Decem!bet'T$27 dividend paid
by the First and Citizens National
Bank here represented the sixty
second dividend of that institution,
according to a statement made in
the annual stockholders meeting
held in the banking rooms Monday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The
bank has paid two semi-annual
dividends during the year which
totaled $10,500. The report and
balance sheet as of December 31,
1927 were presented by R. P.
Holding, vice-president and it was
shown that the deposits totaled
more than a million dollars, with
cash on hand and in banks in the
amount of more than a quarter of
a million.
At this meeting in which was
represented 1200 of the 1750 shares,
the board of directors for another
year was elected. There was only
one change in this board. S. C.
Turnage who has served in this
capacity for several years asked
not to be re-elected because of his
health, and C. L. Sanders was
chosen in his place. The board
no-w includes T. R. Hood, R. P.
Holding, N. B. Grantham, J. J.
Broadhurst, F. H. Brooks, W. F.
Grimes, W. H. Lassiter, C. T. Hill,
W. M. Sanders, L. D. Wharton, C.
M. Wilson and C. L. Sanders and
W. J. B. Orr.
vm* oi me considerations oi tnc
stockholders meeting1 was the
service charge which is under ad
visement by the various banks in
Johnston county. At a previous di
rectors meeting, the bank had de
cided to conform to the action of
the majority of the banks in the
county in this matter, but the con
templated charge was explained to
the stockholders that they might
understand clearly the effect such
a charge will have. It was brought
out that the idea is not to penal
ize customers for withdrawing
funds from their accounts which is
proved by the fact that no custo
mer will be charged at all unless
he draws more than four checks
per month no matter how small the
account may be. And if his aver
age balance during the month is
fifty dollars or more, he may write
as many checks as his account will
allow without any charge what
ever.
At the close of the stockholders
meeting, a directors meeting was
called for seven-thirty that eve
ning. The first thing in order was
the taking of the oath of office by
the directors, ten of whom were
present. No change whatever wa<
jmade in the personnel of the offi
cers elected for the coming year
land the following will continue ir
!their same positions: president, T
MURDERERS OF WOMAN’S
HUSBAND MEET DEATH IN
SING SIM PRISON CHAIR
DEMOCRATS PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE
Pursuant to a multitude of re
quests and demands made upon
me for a meeting of the John
ston County Democratic Execu
tive Committee for the purpose
of discussing matters pertinent
to the welfare of the democratic
party and the coming campaign,
I hereby urgently request all
members of the executive com
mittee and the various town
ships executive committees to
meet at the courthouse in
Smithfield next Monday, Janu
ary 16, at 10 o'clock sharp. All
democrats are invited and urg
ed to attend.
J. B. BENTON, Chairman,
Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Johnston County.
Smith Is Secretary
Federal Land Bank
Stockholders Meeting Held
Tuesday; Directors Meet
Immediately Afterwards
-♦
A stock holders meeting of the
Johnston county branch of the1
Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
S. was held here Tuesday about
noon in the office of J. A. Smith,
Field secretary for Johnston coun
ty of the North Carolina Cotton
Association.
A quorum being /present, the
meeting was called to order and
u report of the past year’s work
read by the secretary, L. T. Roy
all. It is interesting to note that
close to a half million dollars is
loaned through this Federal bank
on farm land in Johnston county.
This organization has been opera
ting in the county for twelve or
fifteen years, and in all of that
time no borrower has failed to
meet his obligations.
After hearing the annual Re
port, directors were elected to
serve the coming year as follows:
Joel Alford, J. H. Abell, J. A.
Smith, J. A. Peele, and R. H. Hig
gins.
The directors met immediately
upon the adjournment of the stock
holders meeting, and the follow
ing officers were chosen: presi
dent, J. A. Peele; vice-president,
P. A. Boyette; secretary, J. A.
Smith.
ANOTHER NEWSPAPER
FOR SMITHFIELD
J. B. Benton and Mr. Deaton, of
Benson, were in the city this week
making arrangements to move the
Kenly Observer to this city. Mr.
Benton has recently purchased th *
equipment of the Eastern News,
organ of the Republican party in
this section, and it is understood
that this equipment will be moved
to this city for the use of the
new paper which will change its
name from the Kenly Observer to
the Johnston County News. A
location has been secured in the
postoffice building. Mr. Benton also
runs the Benson Review, and Mr.
Deaton will be in charge here.
MR. KIRBY TO KILL LARGE
HOG TUESDAY, JAN. 21TII
W. Thompson Kirby of near
Kenly wishes to notify his many
friends that he expects to kill the
big hog Tuesday, January 24. All
that want to come are welcome.
Mr. Kirby is a leading farmer in
his neighborhood.
R. Hood; vice-presidents, R. P.
Holding and N. B. Grantham;
cashier, C. F. Gordon; assistant
'cashiers, Vara E. Sanders, R. W.
Sanders, H. R. McCullers. The
bookkeepers include James II.
I Davis, Joe L. Boyette and Miss
| Mildred Yarborough.
Ossining, N. Y., Jan. 12—
(AP)—Mrs. Ruth Snyder
and Henry Judd Gray paid
with their lives in the elec
tric chair tonight for the mur
der of the woman’s husband.
Mrs. Snydefr went to fh«*
chair first, and waspronoune
ed dead at 11:06 o’clock.
Gray following immediate
ly and he was pronounced
dead at 11:14.
Mrs. Ruth Snyder went to
the chair muttering Biblical
quotations, and Henry Judd
Gray followed her to dea'li
at 11:16, his lips moving in
prayer, but making no audi
ble sound.
Mrs. Snyder was led to the
death chamber by two mat
rons, who stayed with her un
til the end.
As she walked to the elec
trie chair she cried out: “For
give them Father, for they
know not what they do.”
-«
MRS. SNYDER TOLD OF
FAILURE TO SAVE HER
Sing Sing Prison Ossining, N.
Y., Jan. 12.—(AP)—'Mrs. Ruth b
Snyder heard tonight from her law
yers that all their efforts to save ^
her from death in the electric'
chair had failed. At 8 o’clock they
came to the death house to tel!
her good-bye. More than an horn
later they left her to report that
the condemned woman was sobbing
in her cell, but in good mental,
condition as could be expected “tin
ier the circumstances.”
The lawyers, serious of face as
they told of their good-bye to the
client for whose life they had
fought in vain in all available
courts, declared that they were at
the end of their resources.
“She must die; thereLis nothing
more we can do,” said Dana Wal
lace, as Judge Edgar F. Hazel
son, his partner, told of the last
conversation her counsel would
have with Mrs. Snyder.
Two hours before the execution
3f the woman and Judd Gray, con
victed with her, could be held, a
crowd was assembled as near the*'
prison as guards would permit.
Only those with ample credentials,
:>f which there were only a few,
could enter the barred walls of
Sing Sing.
WOMAN CALM.
Joseph Lonardo, third of Mrs.
Snyder’s trio of lawyers, remain
ed with her when Hazelson ami
Wallace left the prison. A few
minutes later he, emerged from
her cell to say that although she
knew all was over, she was calm.
“If ever there was a true peni
tent,” he quoted her, “it is I.”
Lonardo said she clung to hb
hand like a child while he talked
to her. Her color was good, he re
ported, and her hand warm.
The lawyer said his client spoke
of her daughter, Lorraine, and'
said she wanted her to grow to
(Turn to page eight, please)
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
“Ah hopes dis purty wcatha
thaws sum dcm frozen bank cred
Icto.”