Slogan For 1928
Raise your food and feed stuff
and “Live at Home”
VOLUME 46—NO. 7
Johnston County’s Oldest and Best News paper —
Established 1882
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lation of any newspaper publish
ed in Johnston County. That’s
something to consider, Mr. Ad
vertiser!
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1928
$2.00 PER YEAR
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By Arthur Briebi>e
IIN'KING FOR YOURSELF
| AGE BEING BUSHED BACK—
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I EXTRA WEIGHT TIHES HEART
RAT-PROOF BUILDING—
An expedition of the California
Academy of Sd< ces returns from
the mysterious Galayagos Islands
bringing giant lizards, only sur
vivors of the Mesozoic age, and,
more interesting to the youth of
America, ^flightless” cormorants,
huge birds ‘that have lost their
power to fly because they have not
flown for 30 long.
What applies to flying for your
self applies to thinking for your
self/ It's easy to lose that faculty.
Darwin visited those islands more
than t seventy-five years ago, and
woujd have liked to explore the
inaccessible mountain tops that
no one thus far has visited.
Forbes says that great
'houses, notably Moifga.i
iggest of the aggressively
^enterprising firms, admit to part
nership men about forty years old.
rDavison, Lamont, Morrow* and
! other important Morgan partners
vere taken in at about forty, the
hge supposed to combine sound
Judgment with power to curry a
leavy load.
i- In other days forty bt-gan the
rgraybeard” age. Great careers,
[Alexander and Napoleon, the two
most spectacular, were over at
[that age. Age is pushed farther
and farther back, and the J. P.
Morgan of 200 years hence may be
[selecting seventy-five year old
partners for their ‘‘combination of
mental and physical strength.”
Senator Capper, of Kansas, seeks
reduction in railroad freights on
grain. Not all farmers realize that
Uncle Sam’s money has been spent
to make it impossible for farmers
in some parts of the United States
to compete with Canadian far
jrers^ Northwest Canadian wheat
regies our East Coast and Europe,
■Trough the Panama Canal, at low
Freight rates. This country built the
canal, taxing its citizens, and lets
the whole world use the canal at
the same rate as Americans pay.
If you are too fat, you treat
your heart unjustly. So says Dr.
James McLester. The heart works
harder to carry extra weight, but
that is only part of it .Fifty to
one hundred useless pounds of
weight represent endless billions
of living cells that demand nour
ishment, heat, water, and their
added share of the energy that
causes metabolism, or change of
tissue.
Extra weight tires the body,
brain and heart, constituting a
‘‘loafer class,” or idle rich class
in the system that shortens life, di
minishes comfort and usefulness.
In that, a human body is like i
government. Idle rich that consume
and contribute nothing, except
silly opinions, are harmful to the
entire body politic and a way
should be found to make them
Mr. Remus, who interrupted a
bootlegging career to kill his
wife, and was congratulated, rath
er strangely, by some of the jury
that acquitted him. is to have “a
period of rest under scrutiny.”
That’s to see how his mind is and
(Turn to page* eight, please)
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in r-mith
field, and if the right one de
ciphers his name and v, .11 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 is?ue
Otho Benson recognized his
name last issue.
Tooay*a Tantalizer:
tepnthessonaoh
IVegro Who Killed Boy
tinder $10,000 Bond
Got the Convention
Jesse J{. Jones, financier and pub
lisher of the Houston Chronicle, led
the fight that brought the Democratic
convention to his city.
Pretty Wedding
Saturday Evening
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Watson-Batts Nuptials Sol
emnized In Wilson at Home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stal
lings .
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WILSON, Jan. 23.—In a cere
mony characterized by simplicity
and beauty, witnessed only by rel
atives and a few friends, Miss
Josephine Batts of Raleigh and
Mr. Lemuel Edgar Watson, Jr., of
Smithfield were married at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stal
lings of this city Saturday eve
ning at eight-thirty o’clock. Rev.
1). II. Tuttle of Smithfield officiat
ed, the impressive ring ceremony
being used.
The wedding music was render
ed by Mrs. Stallings, pianist, Mr.
Stallings, violinist, and Mr. J. T.
Creech, tenor. They gave a charm
ing program of several numbers.
Mrs. Stallings was gowned in fawn
georgette and wore a shoulder cor
sage of pink roses and sweet peas.
The bridal party descended the
stairway to the music room where
the ceremony was performed, an
improvised altar of palms and
ferns having been arranged.
The bride wore a lovely creation
of chiffon and carried a shower
bouquet of bride’s roses and lilies
of the valley. She was attended by
her sister, Miss Patricia Batts of
Raleigh as maid of honor, who
wore handpainted pink chiffon and
carried a colonial corsage of Co
lumbia roses and sweet peas.
Mr. Thomas Moore Watson, of
Duke University, brother of the
groom, acted as best man.
The bride is the attractive and
accomplished daughter of Mr.
Charles Van Buren Batts of Ral
eigh and possesses a very pleas
ing personality. She received her
education at N. C. C. W., Greens
The groom is (he son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Watson of Smithfiel.l
and is a prominent young attorney
of that city. He is a graduate of
Duke University, Durham, and is
a member of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity of that institution.
After a motor trip to northern
!cities, Mr. and Mrs. Watson will
be at home in Smithfield.
The ceremony was followed by
an informal reception. The home
was lovely with its profusion of
pink roses, ferns and palms. The
sof«j glow of candle light shed
its radiance over the entire lower
floor. Punch, wedding ices, and an
gel food cake were served by
Misses Louise Wiggins and Hor
tense Batts of Wilson. Attractive
baskets of almonds and miniature
brides and grooms were given as
favors. The cutting of the wedding
cake and registering in the bride’s
book afforded much merriment.
I Fortunate is the man who learns
. a lot from a little experience.
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Habeas Corpus Hear
ing Before Judge
Daniels This After
noon In Matter o 1
Negro Who Killed
Little Thompson Boy
on Highway Jan. 16
The coroner’s inquest completed
Friday afternoon resulted in Dal
las Buffaloe; colored, being held
under a .$10,000 bond pending- fur
ther investigations by the grand
jury of the next criminal term of
Superior court. The coroner’s jury
composed of J. M. Deaton, E. G.
Holland, S. M. Johnson, L. A.
White, W. J. Thompson, and T.
R. Massengill, found that George
Norwood Thompson, four and a
half year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Zeb Thompson, came to his death
on January Ifi by being struck and
run over by a truck driven by Dal
las Buffaloe. The jury recommend
ed the holding of Buffaloe under
the bond named. Habeas corpus
(Turn to page four please)
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Break Ground For
New P. 0. Building
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Structure Also To Contair
Modern Theatre. Store anc
Olliees; Other Building
Operations
With the breaking: of ground
yesterday by Rogers and Lowri
more, local contractors, for the
erection of the new postoffice build
ing and for a bungalow on North
Third street, building operations in
Smithfield move forward a pace.
Wm.’ H. Dietrick, architect of
Raleigh, whose plans for the
$300,000 new Raleigh high school
have been accepted, was here Fri
day aiyl delivered blueprints to
William M. and W. Ransom San
ders for the building which is to
house the postoffice. This build
ing, which will be located between
the present postoffice location and
the Young Motor company, will
be two stories high and will con
tain not only the postoffice but a
store, an up-to-date theatre and
a number of offices. The west side
of the building will be used for the
postoffice, while on the east side
will be space suitable for a store.
Between, will be a fifteen-foot
foyer which will open into a
commodious theatre arranged eith
er for movies or for road shows.
The seating capacity of the theatre
will bo about GOO, and the stage
arrangements will be such as to
attract good shows.
The second floor is to be devoted
to offices, each equipped with water
and lights, and the- entire building
will be steam heated.
The front of this building which
will be constructed of brick and
stucco is attractively designed and
will be quite an ornament to that
section of town. The building is
expected to be completed by April
Rogers and Lotwrimore began
work yesterday on a handsome
eight-room brick, stucco and wood
bungalow on North Third street
next to Dr. A. H. Rose, for WYn.
M. Sanders. This dwelling will
be modern and complete in every
way.
These contractors also have now
under construction in this city the
brick store on Market street be
ing erected by Dr. G. A. McLe
more, and the remodeling of the
Sanders residence on Oakland
Heights which was so badly dam
aged by fire and water some
months ago, that it has been nec
essary practically to rebuild it.
They also have the contract for a
double store, two stories high on
the site of the old opera house.
John A. Johnson is doing this
building and one of the stores will
be occupied by the John 0. Jones
Furniture company. Building op
erations will start March 1st.
Simultaneous with the work be
ing carried on in Smithfield, Rog
ers and Lowrimoro are erecting
D. D. Holland Dies
In Houston, Texas
Succumbs To Gun Shot
Wounds; Body Is Brought
to Kenlv For Interment
KENLY, Jan. 21.—The funeral
‘service of F. D. Holland who died
at Houston, Texas on Sunday, Jan
uary 15, at five o’clock, was held
from the home of his sister, Mrs.
A. F. Bowen, Thursday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Rev. J. W. Alford
and Rev. F. B.* Joyner conducted
■ the service, after which interment
‘ was made in the cemetery near
town. The pallbearers were T. C.
Bailey, Ad Davis, L. Z. Woodard,
Tom Evans, Paul D. Grady, C. L.
Lawrence, Will Pearce and Sam
Edwards.
Mr. Holland died as a result of
a gun-shot wound received from
his gun as he took it from his
dresser on Wednesday, January 11.
He was rushed to the hospital, but
bloodpoisoning set in and he died
on Sunday. The body reached Kenly
on an early train Thursday morn
ing, accompanied by his brother,
Walter Holland, who lives in Hous
ton, Texas.
The deceased was twenty-seven
years of age. He was a member
of the Methodist church. Mr. Hol
land before going to work in Hous
ton had been a capable sales man
ager of the Carolina Bakery of
Greensboro, going to Greensboro
from the Stone Baking company in
Atlanta where he had served in
the capacity of wholesale super
visor.
Mr. Holland is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Perry Holland, of
Goldsboro, and the following sis
ters and brothers: Mrs. A. F.
Bowen and Mrs. J. E. Waddell, of
Kenly; Mrs. J. T. Peacock, of near
Kenly; Bud Holland, of Goldsboro;
Richard Holland, of Turkey, and
j Walter Holland, of Houston, Tex.
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FOURTH LYCEUM NUMBER
TONIGHT AT COURTHOUSE
The Banta Duo will present the
ifourth and last Lyceum attraction
here tonight at the courthouse.
This number of the Lyceum at
traction is sponsored by the Bus
iness and Professional Wloman’s
club and will be one of the very
best of these programs.
The Banta Duo consists of Edy
the Banta with a mezzo—sopriv.o
voice and Harold Banta, whose
baritone voice is well known. This
icouple will present a delightful,
entertaining program consisting of
music and readings.
SHOOTING AFFAIR
IN INGRAMS
T. E. Talton, deputy sheriff, was
called to Ingrams township Sun
day shortly after the noon hour
to investigate a shooting that had
taken place Saturday night about
eleven o’clock and which landed H.
K. Parker and Junius Parker in
the Johnston County Hospital. Both
men were badly though not dan
gerously wounded.
Investigation led to the arrest
of Nat Allen, upon a charge of
assault with deadly weapon with
intent to kill. He was brought here
and placed in jail to await a hear
ing in Recorder’s court.
SUNNYNOOK SCHOOL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
i With the aestruction by fire
! Sunday afternoon about six
j o’clock of the Sunnynook
school house in Pleasant Grove
township, the last ""tone-room
school house in Johnston coun
ty passed into oblivion. It is
not known how the building
caught, as there had been no
fire in the house since Friday
at the close of school. Miss
Lclia Talton was the teacher
of the .school and the enroll
ment had reached thirty-two.
At this writing, no arrange
ments have been made for the
pupils to attend school.
Jack: What kind of fellow is
Blinks?
Bill: Well, he's one of those fel
lows who always grab the stool
when there is a piano to be moved.
!two dwellings in Clayton, a brick
bungalow and a two-story frame
I house. Mrs. Marselin Cox of Dur
ham is having both of these houses
j built and she expects to move to
Clayton when they are completed.
Col. Fred Olds
Here Searching
Old Records
Col. Fred A. Olds, Secretary
to the North Carolina Histori
| cal Com miss ion, Raleigh, came
to Smithfield yesterday and
will be here for about two days
1 searching through the old rec
ords ol Johnston county, most
I of which are in the clerk of
the court's office. He has in
j view taking many of the old
records to Raleigh where they
, will be classified and tiled as
j relics ef hirlrr!? interest.
! Johnston is about the last of
the counties of the State to
| yield the old records to the
Historical Commission.
Red Cross Funds
Put To Local Use
Thirty Undernourished Chil
dren In Local School Are
Furnished Milk Each Day;
Fund Totals $11 (i
| The most pathetic object in the
'world is a hungry child. When a|
;child is poorly fed, its little body'
and mind suffer together. It can
not meet life with a sane and nor
mal outlook. And when it is con
fronted from earliest years, with
the contrast between its lot and
that of its more fortunate neigh
bor, the little mind often becomes
warped and poisoned, and is a
fertile ground for the seeds of class
hatred, anarchy and atheism. This i
is one reason why work among I
children is stressed as the most!
important of all social activities.
Some weeks ago, the attention
of our United Welfare Association
was called to the fact that a con
siderable number of children in the
Smithfield schools, were apparent
ly undernourished. It was stated
that in a few instances the lack
of food was so evident, that the
teachers were taking the children
to the lunch room and paying for
additional food themselves.
The Welfare Association asked
Dr. Massey and the teachers of
the primary grades to investigate
and report. Dr. Massey examined
them from a medical standpoint,
and the teachers inquired into the
financial condition of their parents.
The committee reported, that thir
ty children, in the three primary
grades needed more food, and that
as far as they could learn, their
parents were unable to furnish it
to them. The association, knowing
that Smithfield would not stand for
such a situation, decided to furnish
these children with milk at lunch,
every school day. Then the ques
tion arose, “where is the money
coming from to pay the bills?”
The town allows the association a
certain amount of money, but it
can be used only to relieve acute
and actual suffering. A drive for
any funds, at this time, was de
plored. But the association adven
tured on faith, and began to fur
nish the milk immediately after
Christmas.
In this dilemma a former chair
man of the Red Cross suggested
that that organization permit its
funds to be used for this pur
pose—one of the few local chari
ties which the Red Cross supports.
Chairman Rose agreed to the proj
ect; but said he would like the
signed request of a good number
of Red Cross members before he
would divert the funds to this use.
Every member of the Red Cross
who could be approached in two
days, gladly consented, so the en- i
tire amount, $116, has been placed
to the credit of the Welfare Asso-1
ciation, with the written under
standing that it will be used to
furnish milk to undernourished
children, and for no other purpose.
The teachers report that the 30
little beneficiaries are enjoying
their noonday drinks. They say a
few objected at first, saying that
they didn’t like milk and wouldn’t |
drink it. But the tactful teachers1
persuaded and when Mrs. Rags-!
dale handed out the little bottles 1
of milk with the two straws in j
them, all resistance disappeared.
The matter is in charge of the
Walfare Association, in the ab
sence of a proper committee of
the Red Cross, but the latter or
ganization will supply the funds
to pay the bills until the end of
school in May and should receive
&1Ucredit for the good work.
You Can See Her 1,000 Miles Away
L
Simmons Proposes
Bentonville Park
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE
in News and Observer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—
Senator Simmons introduced a
bill today to establish a na
tional military park to com
, memorate the battle of Ben
tonville., and! appropriating
$250,000 or so much thereof
as may be needed to carry out
the purpose of the act. The
bill was referred to the com
mittee on military affairs.
J, B. Lodor Files
Monthly Report
Shows Progresso of Road
Work In Johnston County
During Last Month
The following report of work
done on the Johnston county roads
during the month of December
was filed by J. B. Lodor, superin
tendent of highways, at the last
regular meeting of the Johnston
County Highway Commission held
here recently:
District No. 1.
W. N. Holt, Commissioner.
Clayed and graveled, 880 yards;
culverts placed, 150 feet; bridges
repaired, 2; roads rebuilt, 6 miles;
roads dragged, 1302 miles; ma
chine ditched, 198 miles; shoulders
pulled, 127 miles; clearing right of
way, 1 mile- fill in place, 211 cubic
yards.
District No. 2.
L. Gilbert, Commssioner.
Culverts in place, 900 feet;
bridges repaired, 29; roads rebuilt,
6 miles; roads built, 5 miles; roads
dragged, 300 miles; hand ditched,
330 yards; clearing right of way,
2Va miles; fill in place, 75 cubic
yards.
S. E. Harbour. Commissioner.
Sand and graveled, 0688 yards;
culverts in place, 380 feet; bridges
repaired, 2; roads rebuilt, 1 mile;
roads dragged, 800 mile; machine
ditched, 20 miles; shoulders pull
ed, 20 mile.
District No. 4.
Sand and graveled, 585 yards;
culverts in place, 400 feet; bridges
repaired, 6; roads dragged, 764
miles; hand ditched, 85 yards;
clearing right of way, 1 % miles;
fill in place, 105 cubic yards.
District No. 5.
Dr. J. C. Grady, Commissioner.
Sand and graveled, 450 yards;
culverts in place, 486 feet; bridges
repaired, 10; roads rebuilt, 2 miles;
roads dragged, 1310 miles; ma
chine ditched, 8 miles; hand ditch
ed, 900 yards; shoulders pulled, 8
miles; fill in place, 40 cubic yards.
Construction Done By Convicts.
Camp Number 4, located in
O’Neals township and working an
average of 16 prisoners, cleared 4
miles of right of way, hand ditch
ed 890 yards, put in 300 feet of
culverts, stumped and grubbed 2
miles, placed 800 yards sand grav
el, and built 4 miles of roads.
Camp Number 2, located in
Meadow township working an av
erage of 20 prisoners, cleared and
grubbed 4 miles, hand ditched 95C
yards, rebuilt 1 mile of road, built
2 miles of road, and maintained I
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Radio Television
Sets For Homes
Successful Demonstration of
Apparatus Enabling- Fans
To See As Well As Hear
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Written Specially for The Herald.
By ROBERT FULLER
Radio fans may soon sit before
the receiving sets in their homes
and both see and hear the artists
in the broadcasting studios.
The feat of seeing and hearing
a man moving and talking in a
darkened room several miles away
has been accomplished during a
television demonstration at Sche
nectady, N. Y., staged by Dr. E.
F. W. Alexanderson, research en
gineer of the General Electric Com
pany and consulting engineer of
the Radio Corporation of * Amer
ica.
Television has been demonstrat
ed before. Tests by the American
Telephone and Telgraph Company
a year ago showed what might be
done. But Dr. Alexanderson’s dem
onstration of television furnishes
the first absolute proof that homes
throughout the world may be con
nected by sight as they have been
by sound.
It is predicted that within five
years television receiving sets will
be manufactured and sold on a
large scale.
In the Schenectady tests a man
stood talking and smoking a cig
arette before the transmitting de
vice in the General Electric Com
pany’s radio laboratories. In three
Schenectady homes other men
gathered about receiving sets
heard the voice of the man in the
darkened room several miles away,
saw the smoke curl up from his
cigarette, and watched him wink
slyly as he talked about the ex
periment. Then others took their
places before the transmitting de
vice and were seen by the men in
the homes.
ihe receiving set is of simple
construction, its inventors say, and
is contained in a cabinet closely re
sembling that of the ordinary
phonograph. The principle of the
television receiving set is virtually
the same as that of the radio re
ceiving set except that the ordi
nary radio set translates electric
impulses into sound while the tel
evision receiver converts electric
impulses into light.
Transmitting the picture is de
clared to be almost as simple as
receiving it, so far as the principle
involved is concerned. At the trans
mitting end light is converted into
electric impulses.
Through a rotating disc, in which
are a number of small holes, a
brilliant light is projected. (The
light, passing through the rotating
disc, falls upon the face of the
artist whose picture is being
broadcast. At each rotation of the
disc a complete picture is made,
and this picture is imposed on
photo-ele-cric cells, converted into
radio impulses, and broadcast to be
picked up by the receiver.
As the artist whose picture h
being broadcast moves, each suc
cessive picture assumes a slightly
different position. Consequently,
the image in the receiving set ap
pears to move, the principle being
the same as that used in producing
motion pictures.
(Turn to page eight, please)
Expect Increased
Tobacco Acreage
Tobacco Specialist For State
College Makes Prediction
Hased on Unusual Interest
of Tobacco Growers
RALEIGH, Jan. 23.—Not con
tent with increasing: production
over 82 million pounds in 1927 as
compared with 1926, there will ha
another increase in the acreage
planted to tobacco this year from
present indications.
“During the first two weeks in
January, two meetings were held
each day in the interest of better
production of quality tobacco. At
these meetings there were some
2,000 growers and from the ex
pressions made by these men, I
am convinced that our acreage to
tobacco will again be increased
this year,” says E. Y. Floyd, to
bacco specialist for the North Car
olina State College. “We have
never witnessed a greater interest
in tobacco growing than exists at
present. On my own schedule, I
have meetings for every day until
February 29 and in many cases, I
shall have to travel on Sunday to
meet these engagements.
Mr. Floyd along with G. W.
Fant, plant disease specialist, and
C. H. Brannon, insect specialist,
have been in great demand for
giving demonstrations about how
to construct better plant beds, how
to treat seed o prevent leaf spot
diseases, and how to fertilize and
cultivate tobacco for best quality
of leaf. The attendance at the
meetings held by these workers
has been around one thousand a
week. Mr. Floyd states that while
he expects an increase in the acre
age to the crop, he also expects
more attention given to better qual
ity of leaf this •year. --
Hundreds upon hundreds of the
growers are treating their seed
with the formaldehyde solution so
as to control leaf spot diseases. In
one day, the county agent, with
whom Mr. Floyd was working, re
cleaned seed for 150 farmers so
that all the light chaffy stuff
would be eliminated and only the
heavier, best seed planted. After
these seed were* recleaned, they
were then treated for disease.
J. A. SMITH RETURNS
FROM CONFERENCE
J. A. Smith, field representative
for Johnston county of the North
Carolina Cotton Cooperative Asso
ciation, has returned home from
Raleigh where he attended last
week a two day conference of field
representatives of the state. The
meetings were held at the Mansion
Park Hotel. Mr. Smith says that
one of the things stressed at the
conference was the planting of
better seed this year.
COL. COX READS SERVICE
AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Col. and Mrs. A. L. Cox, Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Gosney, of Raleigh,
attended services at the Episcopal
church here Sunday. The rector,
Rev. Morrison Bethea, being de
tained on account of sickness, Col.
Cox read the service.
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Believes in Good Cotton Seed.
A. M. Johnson of Cleveland
township was in the city Satur
day. Mr. Johnson believes in plant
ing a good grade of cotton seed.
He has already sold to one man
in South Carolina nine hundred
bushels of Cleveland Big Boll. Hiss
upply is about exhausted.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
“Hi tain’t a question what a fool
vill do wid a millyun but what a
millyun will do wid a fogj."