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JOIN THE POU-PARRISH POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, FEBRUARY 20-25 Slogan For 1928 Raise your food and feed stuff and “Live at Home” Johnston County *s Oldest and Be»t Newspaper - - Established 1882 VOLUME 46—NO. 15 SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1928 CONSIDER THIS! The Herald has the larges1’ cinm lation of any newspaper publish ed in Johnston County. That’s something to consider, Mr. Ad vertiser! $2.00 PER YEAR CANADA OUR FRIEND— ANTI-THIRD TERM ULTRA- SIMPLE DIVORCE— MUSSOLINI'S—“I WILL”— Secretary of State Kellogg has been in Canada, -well received, and heard Canadian statesmen say there is no danger of our country trying to annex Canada. That an nexation idea is old and foolish. The United States is glad to have a good peacemaker and finds it in the people of Canada. Also, Canada is our best custo mer, buying here more than the British mother country buys. For several months in 1927 Canada was the best customer we had in the world. We helped the Canadian North west, as we did all countries, by supplying a short cut through the Panama Canal. Canada recipro H <\ates by buying of us. When the St. Lawrence Canal goes through, both nations will be better off. Friendship, cooperation, constructive competition should be the programme. The Senate will pass some kind of anti-third term bil, making two terms the law, instead of a tradi tion. It should be two ELECTED terms. A man elected once should have a second term in mind. No matter how good he is, that makes him a better President. Gratitude is a sense of favors to come. Senator Borah advocates only one term, a mistake. It takes a President one term to get over the excitement of be ing President and get down to real work. Two terms by election of the people would be a good rule. Germany proposes a law to make “a simple wish’* sufficient ground for divorce. It would not be necessary to prove guilt. Wife or husband can say, “A continuation of my mar riage life has become impossible.” That will end it. The couple must live apart one year before getting the divorce. When no guilt is proved, there wil be no alimony. The richer of the two wrill be expected to help the poorer. That makes our “companionate” marriage quite conservative. Mussolini continues simplifying Italy’s government which in sub stance is . the expression of Mus solini’s “I will.” Only one polit ical party is to exist. Only those will vote “who contribute to the progress of the nation.” The number of deputies will be reduced from 560 to 400. It would be simpler to let Mussolini cast one vote for the whole nation, That is what happens in reality. If a dog bites a man we ignore it. If a man bites a dog that’s news. Amos' Cummings said it long ago and Dr. Wood said it before Cummings did. Often you read of a dog killed, defending his master, shot by a burglar, etc. That is hardly news Now you read that Vincent J. Mc Carthy was killed by stab wounds while defending his dog. That is Turn to page seven, please ! Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field or Johnston county, and if the rtght 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 issuo. Roeher Allen deciphered his name last issue. Today’s Tantalizer: “wf”rfdrodl‘ Negro Killed Near Log Camp * * * ¥ ¥ * * * * Willie Cox’s Slayer Gets Away A negro by the name of Willie Cox was killed Saturday night about eleven o’clock near Tilgh man’s Logging Camp in Benton-1 ville township, his alleged slayer being another negro, Wade Hamp-1 ton, said to be from Darlington, S. C. The two men had been to a dance and while there had some ! sort of altercation. When Cox left! to go home, it is thought Hamp- j ton followed and before he reach-' id his home overtook him. Cox was stabbed to death. Coroner Kirkman was called and ^ an inquest was held, the jury oon-1 eluding that Cox came to his death by being stabbed by Hampton. Those serving on the jury were: C. H. Hathaway, Tim Westbrook, J. O. Knox, O. B. Langston, Brad ley Lee and A. M. Honeycutt. There were no eye-witnesse to the murder, but fourteen negroes and one white man testified at the inquest. Hampton made his es- | cape and is still at large. Four Weeks Of Superior Court —♦— ! Two Weeks Civil Term Open ed Yetserday With Judge Nunn of New Bern Presid ing; Two Weeks of Crimi nal Court To Follow The regular February term of the Johnston Superior court was opened here at 10 o’clock yester day morning and will continue for the ensuing two weeks. The court is for the trial of civil cases only and it is presided over by Hon. Romulus A. Nunn, of New Bern. Several cases have been calendar ed for trial at this term and it is expected that much work will be disposed of during the two weeks. This is Judge Nunn’s first appear ance as a presiding judge in the .courts of this county, but a splen i did record for fairness and firm ness as a jurist from other courts | in the state over which he has presided, has preceded1 him here. Besides the local attorneys C. L. Guy and J. R. Young of Dunn, and C. C. Canaday, James Raynor and Ezra Parker of Benson were pres jent at the opening of court. | Immediately after the close of jthiis term a special criminal term of one week will open here which will be presided over by Judge j Henry A. Grady, of Clinton, and following the special term will bo .the regular March term which will | open on the 12th, and thus the su perior court will remain in con tinuous session here for four weeks. NEWS QUICKLY READ COL LEROY SPRINGS SHOT IN HEAD BY COTTON BROKER Charlotte, Feb. 20.—Col. Le roy T. Springs, millionaire tex tile magnate of Lancaster, S. C. and Charlotte, was shot in the head and critically injured today by Eldred Griffith, local cotton man. An old business feud be tween the two men is said to have been responsible. Col. Springs is a cousin of Captain St. Julien L. Springs formerly of Smithfield, but now in business at Durham. 00 REPORTED DROWNED WHEN SHIPS COLLIDE SHANGHAI, Feb. 20.—Three hundred Chinese today were reported to have been drown ed in a collision between the Chinese steamer Hsin Ta Ming and the Japanses steam er Atsuta Maru. The accident occurred Saturday night off Chian Kiang. -«- - MRS. ISLEY TO ADDRESS LEGION AUXILIARY Mrs. George Isley, of Raleigh, state vice-president of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary, will address the local auxiliary in the farmers’ room of the courthouse Friday eve ning at eight o’clock. Every wo man who had- a son, a brother, a father, or a husband serving in the world war is given a cordial invi tation to be present and hear Mrs. Isley. The auxiliary is beginning it$ membership drive for the year. | Refreshments will be served dur »' ing the evening. i School Bonds Sell At Big Premium -* The sale of the $750,000.00 school bonds held here Friday was considered very satisfactory, the bonds bringing a premium of $16, 492.50. The best bide was made by a syndicate composed of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Company of Wiinston-Salem, National City Company, Harris, Forbes & Co., and N. S. Hill & Co., the bid being $766,492.50 at 4% per cent. This bid w’as accepted by the Johnston county boards. The bids were opened at noon in the county commissioners room, there being fourteen- bids repre senting thirty-six bonding com panies. FUNERAL LITTLE JOHN LEE ROSE THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 Little John Lee Rose, the ten-''* year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Rose of this city, is dead. r‘God touched him and he slept” yester day about noon, after three weeks of suffering and pain. He was tak en sick with sinus trouble about three weeks ago, but serious com plications set in and it beca?ne nec essary to perform three ope-ations. After the second operation, the little fellow appeared to improve but last Thursday he had grown worse and a third operation was performed in an effort to give re lief. I The funeral will be held this afternoon at three o’clocfc at the home, the service to be conducted by Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, the pas tor of the Methodist church. The little fellow was a faithful attend ant at the Methodist Sunday school where he wag in the junior depart ment. In graded school he was in the fourth grade, Miss Lucile Lee bein^ his teacher. Only the mem ory of the lovely boy is left to the relatives and playmates, yet how sweet, how uplifting his influence. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community in their sorrow. Besides the parents, two young sisters, Evelyn and Christine, and one little brother, Robert, survive. SELECT SITE NEGRO SCHOOL OF FOUR OAKS The County Board of. Education in session here yesterday decided on. a location for the :new negro school building which (js to be erected in Four Oaks ii* the near future. The members o£t the board went to Four Oaks and .personally considered three locatiois. A loca tion on the land of Emit Adams, one on the land of J. EJ. Barbour, and one on the lands of the estate of David W. and William Gaston Adams were considered, The lat ter on© was chosen, thjis putting the new school on Highway 22 one mile east of Four Oaks. There is said to be no objection t<> this site. DEATH OF A BABY Little Laura Eunice Raynor, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Raynor, died at the home of Thursday, January 12, after a very her parents near Holt Lake on short illness. She was nine months and four days old. She had prac tically recovered from an attack of measles when an abscess of the throat developed, and she lived only three days. j The little body was laid to rest in the Hill cemetery in the San ders Chapel section on January 13. j The deceased is survived by her parents, two brothers and three sisters. ! Short Course To Be In Goldsboro -* Poultry Raisers Who Could Not Attend Short Course Recently Held at State Col lege Will Meet February 24 and 25 -♦ The second annual poultry short ;ourse will be held in Goldsboro Friday and Saturday, February 24 md 25, for the benefit of poultry raisers in Eastern Carolina who were unable to attend the short course recently 'held at State Col lege. There are many farmers and farm women who desire more knowledge and instruction on the Setter methods of poultry raising, who could not spend a week at the college but who can attend this ?ourse one or both days and spend the night at home. Hence the course has been arranged1 through the Wayne County Poultry AssOf ciation in cooperation with the State College Poultry Department and the Department of Agricul ture, the speakers and instructors being from the latter two depart ments. me meetings win oe neia in tne Memorial Community building and will begin at 10 o’clock in the morning and continue until four o’clock in the afternoon with an hour for lunch. There will be a program on Friday night begin- ■ fling at 7:30 p. m., which will in clude a practical talk on some phase of poultry raising and some ^ motion pictures on poultry culture. During the two days practically all subjects pertaining to poultry ‘ culture wliil be covered. Last year, eight or ten counties were represented at the local poul- ( try short course and this year the majority of the Eastern Carolina,, counties are expected' to have sopie*J representatives here to avail them selvs of this splendid opportunity. There are no charges for this • course and all interested in poultry are cordially invited and are urg- 1 ed to attend. The program is scheduled as fol lows: Friday, February 24. 10— 11: Blood-testing and Ba- ; ciliary White Diarrhea Eradica tion, R. S. Dearstyne, Associated Professor Poultry Disease, Stale ■ College. 11— 12: Common Poultry Dte ases, H.'S. Wilfong, Instructor in 1 Poultry Diseases, State College. 12— 1: Home Production of Feeds, E. W. Gaither, District Agent. 1— 2: Lunch Hour. 2— 3: Certification Work and ' Blood-testing, Dr. Wm. Moore, State Veterinarian. 3— 4: Internal and External Par asites, H. S. Wilfong. Friday Night. 7:30: Motion Pictures on Poul try Raising. Saturday, February 25. 10— 11: Poultry House Construe- 1 tion, W. F. Armstrong, Assistant Prof. Poultry Science, State Col lege. 11— 12: Selecting and Mating, 1 Dr. B. F. Kaupp, Head Poultry De- 1 partment, State College. 12— 1: Culling, Prof. W. F. Arm- 1 strong. 1— 2: Lunch Hour. 2— 3: Marketing Live Poultry ' and Eggs, F. W. Risher, Market ing Specialist, Department of Ag riculture. -3:00: Hatching and Rearing of ' Chicks and Feeding and Care of 1 Growing Stock, Dr. B. F. Kaupp. LUtAL ISA IN IV lJUNATES BOOKS TO HIGH SCHOOL Last week the First and Citizens National Bank of Smithfield pre sented the Smithfield high school twenty copies of “Banking and Business Ethics” to 'be used in civic classes. The school wishes to thank this forward-looking institution and its cashier, Mr. C. F. Gordon, for their interest in the school shown by the presentation of these books. JOHNSTON QUARTET TO BE IN KENLY FEB. 24TH. The Johnston Quartet of Raleigh will give a concert in( the Kenly school auditorium February 24 at 7:30 o’clock under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Free Will Baptist church. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Everybody cordially, invited to attend. Heads Campaign CAPT. H. L. Skinner, a veteran >f the Spanish-American War, leads the American Legion Mem bership Drive in Johnston county. Electricity On Farms Predicted General Electric Head Says it Will Not Be Long Before All State Highways Will Be Electrically Lighted Written Specially for The Herald By ROBERT FULLER NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—It won’t »e long before all State highways ire illuminated by electricity and nuch of the work along these high vays is done by electric motor, pre sets Owen D. Young, chairman »f the board of directors of the Jeneral Electric company. He says power companies are t)ready making surveys of the sit lation as the first step toward elec rification of highways and farms, n addition manufacturers of elec rical equipment and manufactur es of farm machinery are discuss ng co-ordination to reduce cost so hat the manufacture of standard zed farm machinery suited to the ise of standardized electrical mo ors and other equipment will be irought about. Soon the power companies will nvestigate to see how many of the armers along a given route are villing to subscribe for electric >ower, Mr. Young says. Then the lower companies will be ready to ay the matter before the State iighway Departments, whose co iperation is necessary. “A tax, very small and insignifi cant, placed on every motor vehi cle by the State, would furnish ■nough funds to take care of in stalling the lights,” says Mr. foung. “Once the lines for the ights were extended the farms vould soon be electrified. If the armers, the power companies, and he State Highway Departments cooperate, the problem is solved.” Electrification of farms will mean he installation of electric refriger ition plants, either large ones co operatively owned by the farmers >f a certain section, so the farmer an keep his fruit and other pro luce and so control his markets, t is pointed out. Mr. Young holds that his vision >f a brighter tomorrow for far ners is but “the application of ■lectrical power to an industry vhich has been heretofore greatly 'verlooked. In the past most of our mgineers have been too busy ap >lying themselves to the develop nent of electrical equipment for >ther industries, such as the man ifacture of steel or textiles. To noiTow, we, shall see the applica ion of electricity to agriculture ind our efforts will be more con centrated on this.” JOING HIM SEVERAL BETTER The boy who had left the farm 'or the city wrote home to his )rother: “Thursday we autoed to he country club and golfed until lark. Then we motored to the )each and Fridayed there.” The brother on the farm wrote jack: “Tuesday we buggied to town ind baseballed all afternoon. Yes :erday we muled to the cornfield and gee-hawed until sundown, rhen we suppered and later piped i while. Afterward we staircased up to our room and bedsteaded un til the clock lived.” Good Crowd Hear Practical Discussion of An Interesting Subject b y Dean of State College Form County Board of Ag riculture Dr. B. F. Brown, dean of State College-, Rileigh, instead of Dr. ilarl Tay'.or who was schndu.rd for tn address, was the speaker at the nass meeting held in Iho court louse Saturday afternoon in the nteres* of the tax situation in Johnston county. In spite of be )lustrey weather, quite a good :rowd asseani »*1 tc get wha* 'ight vas available on this subject vhich has an interest fir all ta.v layers. M*v A. M. Johnson of Cleveland *uwnsh:p was made the chairman of the meeting and Mr. VI. C. Hooks of Wilson's Mills was selected a- secretary. The chair nan made a ft* v preliminary ie narks while the crowd was getting nto the coi:t room, afier which le introduce] the speaker <f the ifternoon. Taxation oeulom has a Johnston county tudience heard so pr. cticul a talk >n any subto-t as Dr. Brown made )n “Taxation.” He called upon his tearers to hac.t .ft and take a tool impass’jned ' »V <: the tax iituation, and then he proceeded to liscuss the fundamentals of taxa tion. Naturally, his remarks wore >f a general import, and he om ihasied the fact the he knew retti ng whatever o' conditions .n -Jonn iton county. Every decade in the history of ;he country has seen taxes higher. It is an historical fact that '.axes ncrease. Dr. Brown gave as a reason for this the charge that has taken place in the concept of government:" People’s view of gov ernment has changed so that the aation, state, county, township and :ity require more at the hands of government. Fire protection, and schools, sewerage, roads lights, and ■cater are tangible evidences as to ■vhy taxes are high. But the ques :ion that should concern every tax payer is, whether or not the tax payer gets value received for the money he pays out. “Low taxes ire some times high taxes,” de ilared Mr. Brown. Automobile re pairs would cost more than a road tax would amount to. Fire insur inee premiums would be higher :han the tax to maintain a city fire lepartment. Grocery bills, doctors pills and other bills in a commun ity of bums and deadbeats would pe higher than the tax derived from the licensed saloon that made the bums and deadbeats. These illustrations led up to oth er questions which Dr. Brown pro pounded: What becomes of the money raised in taxes? How many pffiee holders are qualified to do their jobs? Do the offices have more help than would be necessary if the officers themselves were capable? Then he mentioned the schools, inquiring if they pay as an investment. He pointed out that they may not pay the taxpayer in his lifetime, but stated that we must invest in the future. In leav ing taxes for our children to pay, ire we not leaving them more able to pay them? asked Dr. Brown. Money that the average citizen pays is often the best investment that he makes. He warned at this point against a community leaving too largo a public debt. ine tmru tundamental question discussed by Dr. Brown was: Who pays the tax? He laid down the proposition that the renter payc a big per cent of the tax. When taxes increase, the landlord in creases the rent. He thinks that there arc few taxes that cannot be passed on to the other person Exceptions are: inheritance tax income tax, tax on net profits oi corporations and excess propertj tax. Dr. Brown would graduallj abolish tax on land and place it more and more on incomes. Th< change, however, he thinks, shouli not be made suddenly. After Dr. Brown took his seat the meeting was thrown open fo: discussion, and several asked ques tions of the speaker, which he an wered in an admirable manner. Chairman Johnson brought th discussion to a close by asking “what are we going to do ahou (Turn tc page 7, please) Legion Commander Makes An Appeal * Calls For Support I). CARLTON Stephenson, Com mander of the Pou-Parrish Post, | calls on all World War ‘buddies’ to stand by the Legion. son ! Causes Death , Christine Alford of Oneals Township Dies in Raleigh Hospital From Infected Pimple On Face The people of O’Neals town ship were made sad Friday ‘ - when 4t was learned that Chris tine Alford, the fifteen-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Almond Alford, was dead. The young lady had picked a pimple on her face on the Sunday be fore and bloodpoison resulted. She was taken to Mary Eliza beth hospital in Raleigh on Tuesday where she passed away Friday. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at Tabernacle cemetery, the service being conducted by Rev. Mr. Betts, of Raleigh. The young lady was in the ninth grade of the Corinth-Holders con solidated school. She was a bright .and attractive young girl and her death has cast a gloom over the entire community. POST OFFICE TO CLOSE I AT SIX IN THE EVENING ! The post office department has given me instructions to close the general delivery and stamp window at the Smithfield postoffice at six p. m. instead of 6:15, and to close the last mail for dispatch at 7:30 is the result of an investigation p. m. instead of eight p. m. This made by a postoffice inspector in December last. The inspetor did not think the amount of business at the general delivery and stamp window after six o’clock justified the expense of keeping clerks on duty until 6:15 p. m., or that the number of letters dropped in the box after 7:30 justified keeping a clerk on duty until eight p. m. These changes go into effect on Thursday, February 23. JAMES C. STANCIL, P. Master. io secure uetter Landing; tor wail ! While Mr. T. P. Elam, chief clerk 0 fthe Railway mail service was in the city yesterday, Postmaster J C. Stnacil took him to the railroad station and showed him the place where that mail punch was caught under th ewheels of the train and crushed, after having been thrown from train 83 a few days ago. Aft er looking over the place of deliv ery, Mr. Elam said that he would immediately request the railroad 'company to purchase a better land ing place for the mails. -- ! Accepts Position With Herald, j Mr. Howard Radford, jr., has ■ accepted a position with the Herald as official “devil.” He is as sisting “Bozo” Barnes in this ca pacity. Incidentally this office is 1 either cursed or sitting pretty , with two “devils” around. Young ; Radford’s cognomen will be— j‘Wrong Font.” ■ ■ .♦ . Carlton Stephenson Calls On the World War Veterans T o Line Up With Legion D. Carlton Stephenson, com mander of the Pou-Parrish Post of the American Legion of Johnston county, which is now conducting a membership campaign, yesterday made the following statement concerns ing the appeal of the Legion to war veterans: “Is there any veteran of the World War so poor in spirit and patriotism that he is not proud of the part he played in the greatest of all military struggles since his tory began? “Have not we veterans a justi fied pride in our service? If any man were to assert that we had not played our part as men and Americans, how quickly w^uld we resent it. J.XIC American legion oners me best opportunity for you, Comrade, to testify fco the world of your loy alty and service during the war. The lapel button of the Legion is a notice to all that you failed not when your country called, and that you still subscribe to the patriot ism for which the Legion stands. ’‘Without the Legion button, the service man has no method of dif ferentiating himself from the thousands who did not go. He may have served, but no one knows it. and the world finds it easy and convenient to forget. “With the Legion button, you quietly but effectively identify yourself as one of America's vet erans, and as an active participant in the work of a patriotic society which is dedicated to the preserva tion of Ameiican principles. “You place yourself as both a wartime and peace-time pa:riot and true American. “Be proud you can join the American Legion. Hundreds of thousands of young men would re joice indeed if their lives could so oe made over that the Legion might be open to them. Those who lid serve but who have not up to [low come into the Legion are send ing in their applications by the thousands. They are proud they answered the call. They want the world to know it. “The Legion’s great days are ahead. Its strength and influence grow daily. With each new success it becomes stronger. Its principles and its service commend it to all. It ?s far better to be in the Le gion than to explain why you are not. The Legion invites you to comradeship. Be one of the A<v live Legionnaires of your commun ity. JOIN UP!” --+- m 113TH GUARBS TO PLAY FAYETTEVILLE Y TONIGHT For the second time this year the Fayetteville “Y” and the 113th National Guardsmen will meet here at the armory tonight. The strong “Y” team has defeated the 113th once, and has been defeated by the 113th twice this year. A fast and exciting game is expect ed tonight. Friday night the 113th National Guards will meet the Fifth Field team of Fort Bragg on the local armory court. Aunt Roxie Opines By Mi— “Devs ton mennie pee-le tiyin* ter run de ship uv state who dun sunk dey own canooa.”