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Slogan For 1928 Raise your food and feed stuff and “Live at Home” OLUME 46—NO. 12 Johnston C * * ounty’i Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 10, 1928 f CONSIDER THIS! The Herald has the largest circu lation of any newspaper publish ed in Johnston County. That’s something to consider, Mr. Ad vertiser! ——■■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■— $2.00 PER YEAR [ickman Avoids Eyes f Slain Girl s Father slinks'Behind His At torney’s Back Wher Confronted by Perrj Barker; First Meet /mg Since He Deliver ed Marion’s Body LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 8.— AP)—A young man who killed a 2-year-old school girl and sold het initiated body to her father for 1,500'iTTet that father again in ourt here today, and slunk behind is attorney’s back to avoid 1h< ather’s eyes. As Perry M. Parker stepped to lie witness stand, William Edward ickman, confessed slayer of Mar gin Parker, slumped down in his hair behind his lawryer, Jerome K, >'alsh, stubbornly fixed his gaze n the lawyer’s back and the table i front of him and refused to cast ven a single glance in Parker’s irection. From the stand the father of ■larian threw one long, intense k at his daughter’s killer and turned to reply to queries of t7h*t Attorney Asa Keyes. IEET AGAIN. Parker and Hickman came to other today for the first time since he one paid the other $1,500 for danan’s body in the gloom of ‘:outh Manhattan Place th> night f December 17 last. As the last witness in Hickman’s unity trial, Parker identified let rs and telegrams sen'1 to him by darian’s kidnapper; also the Treas ury notes recovered from Hick an which he had paid the youth r the body. Asked to identify the defendant, * looked at Hickman as the lat r’s eyes remained averted from he witness stand, and said: He is the man who took the noney. Parker told of the meeting on South Manhattan Place, he said: “I drove to the meeting place md parked. He (meaning Hick man) drove alongside. He was masked. At the point of a gun he asked me for the money. I gave rit M him. ir^'Then he said he would drive Fa little farther down the street and let her (meaning Marian) out. He showed her to me in his car. I thought she was asleep. He drove clown the street and put her out.” The state rested when Parker left the witness chair and after a brief recess, the defense also an nounced it had no further evidence to present. Opening oi final arguments by the prosecution this afternoon brought the sanity trial to its last ■ihase. With three hours allotted to •ach side, it was indicated that the ase would be placed in the hands f the jury of eight men and four ■vomen late tomorrow. Only Judge J. J. Trabucco’s barge to the jury and the orator cal efforts of state and defense atorneys remained to wind up the rial, which may prove a test for be new California statutes cover ng insanity pleas in criminal cases Should Hickman be found sane !>y the jury, it is expected tha1 Trabucco will pronounce sen tence immediately. The death pen aly faces Hickman in this eV^nt. If found insane, the defendan would be committed to a stati asylum. Defense attorneys indicated a the outset of the trial that an ap (Turn to page four please) Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in ^mith field or Johnston county, and if the right one deciphers his name and will present it to the Herald office, we will present him with a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the follow ing issue. Wilbur Turner deciphered his name last issue. Today’s Tantalizer: ssemianaai L Burio.d Alive Herbert Kaltl, 19, carpenter's ! helper, of New Albany, Ind., re- j covering from tlie effects of being j buried five hours in a grave of quicksand. He prajed for his life and God answered his prayer, i Kahl said after he was rescued. Princeton Now Has Building Activities In Full Swing; Officers Capture Stills And Pour Out Quani ly Of Beer. PRINCETON, February 9.— The Raleigh and Goldsboro Bus company have opened an office for the sale of tickets and the con venience of ladies and gents who are waiting for the bus. The office is now in charge of Osborn Mason, who is also selling gas and oil at his filling station at the corner of Pine street and Central highway. NEW HOUSES IN PRINCETON. Messrs. Clifton and Nerus Holt have completed two new residen ces, bungalow style, located on East Second street. They are nice ly finished and painted. Mrs. Linds ey is occupying the first one and Mr. Fred Lynch the second. Mr. Isaac Dees has completed a new bungalow' one block east of the high school and fronts on the |highway. Mr. .Tesse Bass has moved into this building. Mr. A. F. Holt is building a new bungalow' on his farm near town when completed Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Holt, Jr., will move into the new home. Indications are that the building will be completed in the next ten days. Mr. Carl Williamston, contrac tor, has commenced work on a new brick veneer residence for Dr. Frank Aycock. It is located two blocks east of the high school and fronts on the highway. The build ing will contain about eight rooms besides a large basement where the heating system will be placed, according to the plans the building will be most conveniently arrang ed. It will not be necessary for the lady of the house to go out side the home at any time. In ad dition to the home the garage is located close enough that the car can be kept warm on cold nights by the heating system of the house, so the doctor will not be troubled in getting his car start ed to go out on night calls. OFFICERS CAPTURE STILLS. Officers have been very successful in this section in the last few weeks, having taken eleven whis key stills a few men and several gallons of whiskey. They have also poured out several hundred gal lons of beer. The home supply has been rather short for the past week, while new copper is being secured, but the boys are hauling loads of the stuff frv.m Craven and other eastern counties. These sport model Chryslers and two or three others of the same appear ance leave here after dark and come back before day, bring 10 to 20 gallons each trip, two or three times each week. TAX PROBLEM DISCUSSED. The problem which is being cuss ed and discussed mo3t by the far mers at this time is the tax bur den. Those in position to bring relief to the overtaxed farmer, and who shall fail to do so are invit (Turn to page 'eight, please) 53 Papers Will Sponsor Contest —*— News and Observer Offers Attractive Cash Prizes To Winners In State Oratori cal Finals; Open to Johns ton County High Schools The white High Schools of John ston County have been invited t«< | participate in the Fifth National; and Third International Oratorical; Contest made possible by the co- j operation of fifty three news-! papers in the United' States. The1 North Carolina phase of the con test, sponsored by The News and Observer of Raleigh, contemplates wide elimination contests, district contests in twelve districts which, largely, will follow the lines of Congressional Districts, and final ly a State contest in Raleigh. The subject for the contest is the constitution and icoVitestants are limited to ten minute original orations which must be confined in subject matter to one of two subjects: The Development of the Consti tution. The Present significance of the Constitution. County superintendents and principals of high schools all over ihe State have been asked to coop erate in making the contest a suc cess. Although this is the first time that North Carolina High Schools have been permitted to enter the national and internlational con test, a signal recognition has been given the State in that the head quarters of the Southern Zone, in | the National Contest, has been es-l tablished at Raleigh and here the | State winners from North Caro-j linn, Vlrgina, West Virginia, Ken-: tucky, Georgia, Florida and Ala-; bama will meet in a Zone contest; to select a zone centestant for the ■ National Contest to be held in Washington. The dates for the various con tents are: i High School elimination con tests, March 16. County elimination contests, : March SO. District elimination contests, April 20. State Contest, Raleigh, April 27.! Zone Contest, Raleigh May 11. National Contests, Washington, D. C. May 25. International Contest, Washing ton, D. C. October 13. There will be no prizes in the in dividual school or the county-wide contests. Each district winner will receive a year’s subscription to The News and Observer. The following prizes are offered by The News and Observer for the Slate finals to be held in Raleigh April 27: First, $100.00. Second, $50.00.' Third, $25.00. Each of the eight participants in the national finals will be given a free ten week’s tour of six European countries with a trip to the 1928 Olympic games at Amsterdam. The national and international prizes are loving cups which will remain the property of the win-1 ners. FERTILIZER PRICES I TO BE DISCUSSED A farmers meeting will be 1 held in the First National Bank in Benson on Thursday after noon, February ,16, at two o’clock. The purpose of this meeting is to devise some plan to reduce the present prices of fertilizers. We are expecting / representatives from the dif ferent fertilizer companies to be with us. , Every farmer who is inter ested in helping bringing about a reduction in the present prices is urgently requested to i be on hand. ' S. P. HONEYCUTT. I Baptist Church. Sunday school 9:45. Morning worship at 11, with sermon-by the pastor, “If America Should Fail God.” Evening worship and ser mon 7:30. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. [6:45. Senior B. Y. P. U. Monday, 17:30. Prayer service' Wednesday, 7:30, with the first of a series of studies in the Gospels, The Gospel according to Matthew. Cars Run Together; One Slightly Injured Yesterday morning- two cars ran together at the intersec tion of Market and Second streets slightly hurting the little grandson of Mr. E. L. Breedlove. Mr. Breedlove was coming into town from across * the river and Mr. C. A. Fitz gerald was coming down Sec ond street. The cars were only i slightly damaged. The wind- j shield of Mr. Breedlove’s car i was broken, and the little boy was cut on the face with bits of broken glass .It required three stitches to dress the wound, and the little fellow stood the treatment like a W. N. Everett Passes Away In Raleigh -4 The entire state mourns the death of the secretary of state, W. N. Everett, who passed away at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh Tuesday evening at 9:30 o’clock. For several hours Wednesday the body of this loved member of North Caro lina’s official family lay in state, and hundreds of his de voted friends passed by and paid a tribute of respect. At one o’clock a hearse took the body from its guard of honor i over the last ride home to [Rockingham, the home of Mr. Everett. This afternoon at 3 o’clock the mortal remains will j be buried in the Everett family . graveyard. Mr. Everett has i had several heart attacks dur- j ing the last four years of his life, and two weeks age he was stricken never to recover. Mrs. Everett was at her hus >and’s bedside and when the end lame she too suffered a heart at ack and is not well enough to at end the funeral in Rockingham, jovernor McLean and members of he state official family will be lonorary pallbearers. The funeral ;ervices will be held in the Meth >dist church. BOUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET AGAIN TUESDAY The county commissioners were n session here Tuesday to com plete business unfinished on Mon lay. A number of tax payers ap peared before the board and ask ?d for tax releases, and the fol owing releases were granted: C. L. Hill, Smithfild, $1000; R. 0. jille-tt, Cleveland, $500; Mary Richardson, O’Neals, $250; Millie Rose, O’Neals, $950; Ernest Price, Wilders, $300; John Carroll, Wilders, $900; E. E. Godwin, Meadow, $873; Francis Watson, Wilders, $2000; J. R. Wallace, Bmithfield, $100; Mrs. Lula Thomp ;on, Ingrams, $500; T. A. McLamb, Meadow, $400; Lumas B. Lee, In grams, $350; H. B. Moore, Smith ield, $GOO; J. N. Massengill, In grams, $550; P. A. Parrish, Ele ield, $500; J. G. Barbour & Sons, nation, $500; J. L. Dupree, Smith Clayton, $71. 519; Clayton Ins. Co., Clayton, $495.54; E. D. Allen, In grams, $30. The board was also in session yesterday. COMPETITION PROGRAM TO BE PUT ON TONIGHT FOUR OAKS, Ft*. 9.—The pub lic and patrons of Four Oaks high school and community are invited to the program Friday night, Feb ruary 10. This is a competition program put on by the two literary societies in the high school. There will be stunts and debates after which Superintendent Marrow will award the loving cup to the win ning side. This event is the big gest of this kind ever held in this school. Nn charges. It is free. Come. PLAY TO BE GIVEN AT ARCHER LODGE A play entitled “The End of the Lane” will be presented in the Archer Lodge school auditorium on next Wednesday evening by mem bers of the Archer Ladge facul ty. The young ladios will be as sisted by Messrs. Raymond Wood all, Thel Hooks, James Davis and Mr. Martin of this city. Indict Three In Shooting Affair One Negro Is Bound Over To Superior Court; Other Cas es Disposed of In Tuesday’s Recorder's Court Three cases in Tuesday Record er’s court grew cut of the shoot ing affair in O’Neals township last week in which some negroes fired bird-shot at officers who had been summoned to put a colored woman and her family out of a house. Maddison Whitley, colored, was j charged with aiding and abetting in the affair, and was found guil ty. He was fined $10 and cost. Jo- ! seph Wright, a negro boy about ; fifteen years old, was charged with assault in the same case but the ! defendant being undjrr sixteen years of age, the case was remand- 1 ed the the Juvenile court. Willie j Wlright, also indicted in connection ■ with the affair was charged with intent to kill. Probable cause was , found and the defendant was bound over to Superior court. Other cases disposed of Tues- j day include the following: State vs. Sony Sanders charged with disposing of mortgaged prop erty. The defendant was found guil- j ty, but prayer for judgment was j continued upon payment of cost, j State vs. Garland Horton charg-: ed with giving worthless check, j The defendant entered a plea of j guilty and prayer for judgmentj was continued upon payment of; cost. State vs. -Isaac Ray charged with ! reckless driving and assault. The , defendant was found guilty and! he was sentenced to jail for the term of four months to be worked on thet roads of Johnston county and pay cost. Notice of appeal was given. State vs. C. B. Lowdermilk charged with violating the prohi bition law. The defendant wtas found guilty of possession and of transportation. He was fined $50 and cost. State vs. C. B. Lowdermilk charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The de fendant was found guilty and was sentenced to the roads for a term of six months to be worked on the roads of Johnston county and pay cost. The jail sentence is to be sus pended upon condition that the de-' fendant pays a fine of $100 and upon further condition that the defendant does not operate a mo tor vehicle again in 90 days and pay cost. State vs. Blake Guy charged with resisting officer. The defend ant was found guilty. He was sent to jail for a term of 60 days to be worked on the roads of Johnston county and pay cost. Jail sentence is to be suspended upon condition that the defendant does not vio late the prohibition law again dur ing the next two years, and on further' condition that the defend ant pays a $10 fine and costs. State vs. W. E. Hocutt charged with disposing of mortgaged crops. The defendant entered a plea of guilty and prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of cost. State vs. Ballard Hocutt charg ed with disposing of mortgaged crops. The defendant entered a plea of guilty and prayer for judg ment was continued upon payment of cost. MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESS MEADOW HIGH SCHOOL “The Flapper Grandmother,” the musical comedy given at Meadow high school on February 3 was well attended. Every one seemed well pleased with the play, and pronounced it a success. It was the first -time the school had undertak en to put on a musical comedy and all concerned with the man agement feel that the results were very satisfactory. The high spots of the play with its quick action and ready wit, were the parts tak en by Andrew Spriggins, 1 the Flapper Grandmother, and that wild child Lena. The choruses made up of students were also very good, and gave a pleasing effect. The management feels grateful for the work of each person who help ed to make the play a success. Local Kiwanis Club Take Step For Fair W. D. Hood Is Chairman of Committee Ap pointed to Study the Situation; Elmer Wellons Wins Attendance Prize At the regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club yesterday, tht members voted unanimously in favor of sponsoring a Countj Fair for next Fall. After an interesting and instructive ad dress by W. D. Hood who was secretary of the Lenoir Countj "Fair at Kinston, a special committee was appointed to studj the situation and report back to the Club in a few weeks Mr. W. D. Hood is to act as Chairman of this committee. The enthusiastic discussion which followed Mr. Hood’s address and the unanimous vote of the club, mean that it will only he a mat ter of a few weeks before some definite plan will he submitted tn the agricultural and business lead ers of the county. Elmer Wellons won the attend ance prize' today. The- trick was to guess the number of grains of corn on a large ear that was pass # ed around. Elmer guessed 75( grains and came within two dozeT of the correct number. lie was given the ear of corn, and a hand some patented pencil by Ada?r Whitley. The* chief topics of tabic talk were, the good sweet potatoes whipping bank cashiers, moving large safes, and Geo. Ragsdale’s appetite. Permanent Landing Field For Selma Piano Is Presented To Edger ton Memorial Church; Mrs. Brietz Entertains Book Club. -» SELMA, February 9.—The Nash Motor company of Rocky Mount, is making a perma nent landing field in West Selma near the Methodist pavsonage. On Tuesday afternoon great crowds were present and numbers went up in the plane. GIFT FOR CHURCH. Mrs. N. E. Edgerton and son, N. E. Jr., from Raleigh were down last Thursday to look over the new Sunday school rooms which are nearing completing. When they found that a piano was need ed for one of the large rooms up stairs they telephoned to Raleigh and within an hour and a half the truck was here with a handsome piano. BOOK CLUB ENTERTAINED. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Geo. F. Brietz was hostess to the mem bers of the Friday afternoon book club at her home on Railroad street. After the business session a very interesting literary program was given: The subject of study for the afternoon was “Humorous Writers.” Mrs. J. N. Wiggs read a splendid paper on “Josh Billings.” Mrs. Geo. D. Vick in her charming manner gave a summary of the very interesting life of “Mark Twain.” She also read, “Speech on Babies” by Mark Twain. After the program the guests were invited into the dining room. The table was lovely with a bowl of sweet peas as a centerpiece. A salad course and coffee, followed by a sweet course was served by Miss Miriam Brietz. Very attrac tive baskets of homemade candy were given as favors. Mrs. G. A. Tuck was a special guest of the afternoon. WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET. The Selma Woman’s club will meet with M r s . W. H. Poole at her home on Green street, on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 15 at three o’clock. Mrs. Poole will be assisted in entertaining by Mrs. B. L. Talton and Mrs. W. W. Hare. Mrs. C. A. Jacobs will be in charge of the program. A full at tendance is desired. CALLED BEDSIDE FATHER/ Rev. D. M. Sharpe received a message late Sunday afternoon to that effect that his aged father was seriously ill at his home near Burlington. He left immediately |after the evening service to be with his father. j SCOUTS INCREASING. The Boy Scouts under the lead ership of Rev. D. M. Sharpe are holding very enthusiastic meetings ^very Friday evening in the base ment of the school building and 'adding new members at practically every meeting. At these meetings reports are heard from the boys on current topics and world news, (Turn to page ei$it, please) Princeton Ties Local Basketeers Local Cagers Stage Second Half Rally To Save Them selves From Defeat At Hands Of Princeton: Score Is 18-18. - The second meeting of the two strongest fives in Johnston county is now a thing of the past.. The Smithfield cagers, who last week defeated the Princeton, five, and thereby gained the right to claim the Johnston county championship, successfully defended its claim to the title as a resul otf an 18-18 tie with the Princeton basketeers on the armory court here Wednes day night. The game was more on the character of a football contest than a basketball game. It was the hard est fought game seen here this season and was marked by its roughnes and numerous fouls. In cidentally, Princeton made all of its free shots good except the last one which, if it had been good, would have clinched the game for the visitors. Smithfield, on the oth er hand, frequently missed their free chances. The game began with a rush, and Smithfield by quick passwork got <a shot from under the goal but missed. Amoment later, though, the purple and gold tossers rang the basket for two successive shots. Here Princeton stopped the locals and scored eleven points be fore Smithfield could score again. At the half, Princeton held a 13 to 9 lead. The second half opened and Princeton soon boosted its lead to eight points. With the score 17 to 0, Smithfield staged a great come back and carried the count to 18 17 in her favor in a short time. From then to the end of the game both teams put up a great fight for victory, Princeton to come from behind and the locals to hold its lead. With only, a minute of play left, Smithfield fouled and Princeton tied the score at 18 all. The floorwork and goal shooting of Lid Parrish of the local five was outstanding*. For Princeton Gurley was the main cog. He made several shots from the floor that were sensational. Tuesday night Smithfield high, accompanied by the high school band, invaded the Clayton high school gymnasium and completely | outclassed the Clayton highs to the itune of 33 to G. The game was one minus of stars, although Rags dale, local guard, played a godo game. The scoring for Smithfield was well divided among the play ers, but Ed Parrish took honors 'with ten shots. The Smithfield band and the Clayton high school mu sicians helped to make the game a peppy one in spite of the one sided score. Birth Announcement Four Oaks, Feb. 8.—Born to Mr j and Mrs. H. E. Upchurch on Feb I ruary 1, a daughter. H. B. Moore Raises Hog and Hominy -♦ Makes Money On A 35 Acre Farm With Only 18 Acres in Cultivation; Kills Two Hogs Weighing 837 Pounds l . If a man raises plenty of meat on his farm, nine times out of ten he raises plenty of everything 'else. At any rate that is what H. B. Moore, who lives on Smithfield, route 1, does. Mr. Moore was in town Tuesday and told us of having recently killed two hogs that tip ped the scales at 837 pounds after they were dressed. They were Du roc Jerseys. The eighten-months old hog wighed 500 pounds, while one that was nearly two years old weighed 337 pounds. Arthur Powell, who has been killing with Mr. Moore, has killed two hogs that weighed a total of Oil pounds, and Mr. Moore and Mr. Powell together have eight more hogs that will weigh around 800 pounds. Mr. Moore's farm contains only 35 acres, eighteen of which are in cultivation, but he keeps his crops rotating and farms so intensively ; that he gets a fine yield from his acreage. Last year he made fifty ( barrels of corn besides raising cot ton and tobacco that brought him in $1200. i Mr. Moore believes in the cash . plan and pays as he goes. He fav ors farmers living at home as far ' as possible and he practices what ; be preaches. He likes to have mod ern conveniences around his place, and he has recently given an order for a lighting plant for his house. The modern “live at home” pro gram means hog and hominy plus things besides actual necessities. - -• KENLY CAGEKS TO MEET j LA GRANGE FRIDAY NIGHT 1 ! KENLY, Feb. 0.—The Blue and ; White Kenly. high school basket ball cagers are busy at work pre paring for the opening of the 1928 state championship elimination se ries which will get under way hero Friday night at 7:30 on the coop erative warehouse court. They meet the strong La Grange five in the first elimination game for the lo cals who are in group number 4. The local tossers are in top form and are ready for the gong that 'will start the 1928 clash. Coach S. ;R. Cotton is almost confident of victory on the eve of the trying battle as his charges have already chalked up two victories over the (strong La Grange loopsters. All of the regular five have passed the physical examination required by the state, including F. Kannon, star left forward; L. Watson, right for ward; T. Kannon, center; C. Al ford, right guard; and B. Watson, left guard. The substitutes ready for action are G. Edgerton, L. Dal liance. Edgerton, Janes, Hales and iseveral others. Both teams are in great shape and a battle royal is expected. I AGED MAN IMPROVES FROM AUTO ACCIDENT KENLY, Feb. 8—Mr. Gray Pitt, man, near 65 years old, who lives near town, was knocked down by a car Saturday night as he was walk ing down the highway from Kenly ; to his home in the country. He is improving and is expected to re ‘ cover. No bones were broken. The driver of the car did not stop and has not been located yet. [ Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— il r. “De gam# law ez a failure bo )- cause fokes hain’t even quit shoot iig hot air.”