Slogan For 1928 Raise your food and feed stuff and “Live at Home” Johnston County’* Oldest and Be»t Newspaper - - Established 1882 VOLUME 46—NO. 18 t t SMIT1IFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1928 $ CONSIDER THIS! The Herald has the larges circu lation of any newspaper publish ed in Johnston County. That’s something to consider, Mr. Ad vertiser! $2.00 PER YEAR Two Tragic Deaths In Selma Family Father and Cousin ol of C. W. Scales Meel t Sudden Death With' in Few Hours SELMA, Feb. 29.—Mr. C. W. Scales received a message last Wednesday saying that his father, who was a lawyer in Charlotte, had 'been found dead in his office chair soon after the noon hour. He had left his home after the mid day meal in his usual good health and spirits to be found shortly aft erwards dead. It came as such a shock to the family that it seem ed almost a tragedy. Mr. and Mrs. Scales left immediately for Char lotte. un rriaay alter tne lunerai oi Mr. Scales' father, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.' Scales spent the night with Mrs. Scales’ aunt in Monroe. That same night another tragedy occur red in the family of the aunt. The young son, Dick Lee, 15 years old, had attended a party a few miles out of town with a group of other ^■oung people. It was a dark, cloudy might and on the return trip the driver of the car in which young Lee was riding, did not see a pass ing freight train and crashed into it. Dick Lee was instantly killed, the driver of the car severely in jured, though hope is held out for his recovery, and the three on the back seat seriously hurt, none of them having regained conscious ness Monday when Mr. and Mrs. Scales left for Selma. Mr. and Mrs. Scales have the sympathy of their many friends in Selma. Dr. Bradshaw at Edgerton Church. Dr. M. Bradshaw, the much be loved presiding elder of the Ral eigh district, preached a wonder ful sermon on Sunday evening and held quarterly conference imme diately after the service. The subject of his discourse was “Fear.” He took his text from John 14:27, — “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” “The handicaps of fear are in estimable, few of us realize what A menace it is. God says, ‘Be irong and of good courage,’ but he never promised his support to the cow ard. We falter, hesitate and fail in our undertakings because of fear ed calamities which seldom ever come. Prophets of evil are abroad ip the land saying that the church i« failing, that we are losing ground; but God says, ‘I will build Wy church upon a rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’ Christ shall lead his forces to a triumphant victory.” [ Dr. Bradshaw made a profound impression on his hearers who are locking forward to his return three months hence. i '-mn rM-ima wii iuiui u » i«ih ^ l Mrs. R. B. Carrington, of Rich mond, Va., arrived in the city Sun day night to visit friends. She is anroute from Cub aand was accom panied by Miss Mattie Ellington, also of Richmond. They report a delightful trip. Mrs. Tucker Seriously 111. Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker, of Nor folk, Va, who has been on a visit here to her daughter, Mrs. E. M Gordy, was taken very ill last week, *Her condition remains grave. Sons and daughters now at her bedside are: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Turner of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Johr fucker, Elizabeth City; Mr. Jesse Tucker, Hertford; and Mrs. A. L Brock, of Smith-field. “An Absolute Human Necessity.’ “An Absolute Human Necessity’ TURN TO PAGE 7. COLUMN 2 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 right one deciphers his name and will present it td 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. Walter Sellers deciphered his name last issue. Today’s Tantalizer: masamaod Farm Marketing Plan Washington, D. C.-Photo shows “• 1'. Yoakum, former President ol , rlsc° P R • now chairman of the board of the Rock Island R K leaving the White House after call’ mg on the President to present a new tarm marWttntr nlan Kiwanians Hear Mr. Chambliss -4 Rocky Mount Man Talks On I Value of A Chamber of Commerce and County Fair I Association -♦ Norman Chambliss, ex-secretary of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce, and of the Rocky Mount Fair Association, was the speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis club here yesterday. The Kiwanis club has had under advisement several propositions of a civic nature among which are a merchants’ organization of some kind for Smithfield and a Johnston county fair, and Mr. Chambliss was invited to talk along these lines. He began his talk by stating that he knew of no town in North Car olina without a chamber of com merce or similar organization that was not dead or dying. There is prejudice in some places, he said, against a chamber of commerce especially if one has been organ* lzed and then gone down. In cases like that he thinks a board of trade or merchants association would work better. After a town definitely decides that it needs such organization, he advised that the organization be for a period of five years instead of one. A chamber of commerce with a full time secretary will require some thing like $7,500 a year, in order to provide a fund to be used in furthering projects undertaken and advertising, stated Mr. Chambliss. He then cited some of the things accomplished by the Rocky Mount chamber of commerce showing 'what such an organization may mean to a town. | In regard to a county fair, the speaker suggested that as many farmers as possible be signed up. He advised against organizing 'with the making of money as an objective. The speech was well receieved by the Kiwanians present, Dr. A. S. Oliver of the Benson Kiwanis club, was a guest on this occas ion. FROG SPRY AFTER 31-YEAR REST IN CORNERSTONE BOX EASTLAND, Tex., Feb. 24.—After a nap of 31 years in the hollow of the cornerstone in Eastland coun ty’s courthouse without food or any description of fresh air, a horned frog was removed alive on Saturday afternoon in presence of officials, ministers and several thousand citizens. Old residents some time ago re called that a toad was placed in the. hollow of the stone with pa pers, records and other relics when the structure was built 31 years ago. They also recalled1 old Texas legend that a horned toad can live 100 years without food or water Much speculation prevailed throughout the country during the past few weeks as to whether the little reptile could survive. Tele grams seeking information came from all over the United States. The answer came Saturday aft ernoon when the toad was uncov ered. He seemed to be in a stupoi but as sun’s warm rays struct him he twitched several times • while the, throng cheered wildly. No Blame Laid On Dr. Flowers Coroner’s Jury Finds the Ac cident Which Caused the Death of Lester Whitley to Have Been Unavoidable -♦ At the coroner’s inquest held here Wednesday morning:, Dr. C. j A. Flowers of Wendell, was exon- j erated from all iblame as to the ac jcident in which his car collided j with that of Mr. Lester Wliicley j [causing: the death of Mr. Whitley | Saturday . night near Clyde's Chapel. | Dr. Flowers was answering a call to the home of Mr. Troy Wall and Mr. Whitley had started to Wendell to bring his brother home. Mr. Whitley is said to have been driving with only one light, and Dr. Flowers thought he was far enough on the side of the road to avoid a collision. When the cars crashed together, the physician saw that Mr. Whitley was hurt and w’ent to him at once. He press ed a scalp wound together and wiped the blood from his nose and ears. It is thought the skull must have been fractured for the man lived only about ten minutes. Dr. Flowers went to the home of Mr. Clayburn Sanders and told him of the accident and who had been hurt. They then sent for an undertaker and notifie the rela tives of the dead man. Several witnesses including Dr. Flowers were examined by the cor- | oner’s jury here Wednsday, and in j a short time they rendered their verdict which stated that Mr. Whit ley came to his death by an auto mobile accident which was una voidable. ORGANIZE SMITHFIELD MORTGAGE COMPANY Last week the Smithfield Mort gage Company was organized in this city with J. E. Pegram of Durham, president, and J. A. Nar ron, secretary and treasurer. The members of this company are correspondents mainly for the Union Mortgage Company of Ashe- I ville. The company lends money for five or ten years on the amortiza tion basis. It is a monthly loan on I residents, churches, apartments, J stores, etc. It will operate in Smithfield and Selma and vicinity. The new firm was ready for bus iness on March 1. MECHANICAL EXPERT NOW BRITTONIIILL MOTOR CO. The Britton-Hill Motor company now has in’ its service department an experienced n|an, Mr. D. A. Johnson, formerly of the Lincoln service department of the Duck-, worth Motor company, of Fayette- ; ville. Car owners of Johnston coun-1 ty are invited to visit this shop and inspect the equipment. Mr. John son is an expert in ignition, radia tor, generator-starter, battery and all other electrical and mechanical work. Baptist Church. Sunday school, 9:45, F. H. Brooks superintendent. A bilief missionary program looking to a more elaborate program the last of the month. Preaching by the I pastor at 11 and 7:30. Intermed iate B. Y. P. U. 6:45, Senior B. jY. P. U. Monday 7:30. The week will be observed by ,the Woman’s Missionary Union as the week of prayer for Home Mis sions, with a program each after noon, Monday to Friday, at three i o’clock. The daily topics in order during the week are: “The Jew,” “The Indian, the Negro,” “the For eigner,” “Cuba and the Islands,” “The American Home.” All 'grades of the W. M. U. take part , in the programs. Wednesday at 17:30, the church prayer meeting will feature a missionary program given by the Y. W. A. and the ! Grace McBryde circle fo the W. |M. S. Presbyterian Services. I Smithfield Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Sunday night, 7:30 o’clock. Progress Sunday school and ; preaching service, 2:30 p. m. Pub lic cordially invited. -.4^ REPORT CORRECTED Miss Nona Godwin requests us to make the statement that she is not married as was pub lished in the Glendale news in , the last issue. JAMES WEBB APPEALS FROM 18 MONTHS ROAD SENTENCE James Webb, Thad D. Tart and Joseph C. Jeraigan were tried in Recorder’s court here this week charged with violat ing the prohibition law. These men were caught- early last Friday morning at a whiskey still in Meadow township by Deputies R. D. Marler, A. B. Hood, O. H. Barefoot and Law rence Peacock. Judge Aycock after hearing the evidence found all three guilty and im posed sentences as follows: James Webb, 18 months on the roads and one-third of the cost; Tart, four months and one third of the cost; Jernigan, 60 days and one-third of the cost. Each defendant took an appeal to Superior court and appear ance bonds were fixed as fol lows, Webb, $1,000; Tart. $400; and Jernigan, $200. Webb at this writing has two other cases pending in Superior court. Also Wtt'bb has been summon ed to appear in Recorder’s court again this morning for a charge of assault with intent to kill, J. E. Beasley being the (prosecuting witness. It is said that Beasley who married Webb’s wife’s sister, went with his wife and chiklren to the Webb home on a visit on Sunday following Webb’s ar rest. Webb accused Beasley of -reporting his whiskey still to the officers, and even though Beasley emphatically denied TURN TO PAGE 7. COLUMN 4 Little Sam Brady Hit By Auto Dies At Hospital; Funeral Today I imerica’s Richest Girl I Miss Doris Duke, lb, daughter of the late James B. Duke, tobacco financier, who was just awarded by the Supreme Court a $1,600,000 Fifth Avenue House filled with the [richest furnishings, a private rail load car bearing her name, four Automobiles, a collection of rare tapestries and other luxuries worth a fair sized fortune. She is the richest girl of her age in America Funeral Explosion Victim Held Bethany — - KENLY, Feb. 28.—The entire community was saddened on Feb ruary 22 when Valton Hodge, one Df its young men, just in the bloom >f life, was instantly killed by the explosion of a carbide gas tank. Young Hodge was the son of the late Charles Hodge of the Bethany section. He was born on June 21. 11)12, making him at the time of liis death 15 years, eight months, and one day old. Valton had for some time been living at the home of Mrs. Allie Creech and attending Glendale high school. He was attending school regularly and making a good record in the eighth grade at the time of his death. Funeral services were conducted the following day by Rev. W. D. Stancil and interment was made in the Bethany cemetery. The Beth any church could not accommodate the large crowd who attended. During the service many were standing in the aisles and door ways. The high school pupils attended the funeral in a body, members oi Valton’s class acting as pallbear ers and carrying the flowers whicr were many and beautiful. Mr. E T. Boyette, principal of Glendale school, spoke at the service in be half of the teachers and pupils ol the school. His remarks about the deceased were laudatory. The deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Martha Stancil, anc the following brothers and sisters Mrs. Lumis Lee, Mrs. Clarence Johnson, and Ernest Hodge; half brothers and sisters are: Alvii Hodge, Geo. Hodge, Mrs. Luthe Starling, Mrs. Walter Starling Mrs. Geo. Ballance, Mrs. Hobsor Creech, Miss Nancy Hodge, Messrs Moulton and Wiley Creech. A girl isn’t necessarily timid be cause she jumps at a conclusion |. Another death was added to the ever growing list o'f automobile casualties when Sam Brady, the j little eleven-year-old son of Mr. Henry Brady who lives near town, was fatally struck by an automo bile on highwway number 22 Tues day afternoon. The little fellow, with several companions, was on his way home from school. They were playing with a ball and Sam is said to have darted suddenly across the road after the ball, when an automobile driven by Leland L. Morquairdt struck the child. He picked him up and. rushed him to the hospital but the little boy never regained consciousness and yester day morning about nine o’clock, he passed * away. His skull was fractured and also his right leg. Mr. Morquairdt, who is with the Froteetograph company with head quarters at Raleigh, is very much hurt over the accident, though it seemed unavoidable. The little boy was a student of the graded school here, Mrs. L. T. Royall being his teacher. The funeral will be held today near Snow Hill, and inteiment made beside his mother who pre ceded him to the grave some time ago. Mrs. McGregor’s Father Passes Rev. and Mrs. S. S. McGreggor of the Pisgah section were called near Spring Hope last week on ac count of the illness and death of Mr. Vester, father of Mrs. Mc Greggor. Mr. Vester passed away Sunday night after having been ill for several months. He is survived by three daughters, his wife hav ing died about a year ago. Among those from here attend ing the funeral which was held at the home on Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. John A. Smith and the chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. McGreggor. -+ TOM LASSITER MAKES ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA A few days after Walter Lassi ter had received notice that he had been selected as one of the trumpet players in the all-state high school orchestra which will play in Ral eigh during the North Carolina Education Association, Tom Las siter received notice that he had been chosen as one of the trom bone players. Tom Lassiter, who is a member of the senior class of the local high school, has played for several years with the Midnight Ramblers. These two young men will represent their school in the all-state orchestra of 130 pieces. They will give two concerts, one on the evening of March 22 and again on the evening of March 23. NEW CORPORATION IN SMITH FIELD W. H. Austin, Incorporated, of Smithfield, N. C. To engage in a general mercantile business. Au thorized capital stock $100,000, subscribed stock $300. By Ada Stevens Austin, William Jo seph Austin, of Smithfield, N. C., and Margaret Austin Loaring Clark of Memphis, Tenn.—News and Observer, Fire Plays Havoc j On Chicken Farm Kenly Man Loss Is Over $500 —Baptists Pound New Preacher; Christian En deavor Enjoys Social The Kenly fire copany was call ed out Saturday night about 9:30 o’clock to C. F. Darden’s chicken farm. The fire company did good work, but the fire had such a hold that one of the buildings and the contents were totally destroyed. The others were saved. This build- j ing caught from an oil stove. Mr. ■ Darden lost two hundred pound and a quarter friers, and several hun dred just hatched out, besides three brooders, several hundred eggs ready to crate and an incu bator with 350 eggs just begin ning to hatch. Thirty dollars worth of eggs had been crated ready to be delivered Monday morning. A great quantity of chickens was also destroyed. The loss was ap proximately $550. Mrs. wyatt Will Speak. Mrs. Robert J. Wyatt, of Ral eigh, president of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Granville Presby tery, will speak here in the Pres byterian church on Monday after noon, March 5, at four o’clcjk. The ladies of the town are invited to bo present. New Pastor Preaches. Rev. E. W. Mason, the new pas tor of the Missionary Baptist church, preached Sunday morning and evening. Both sermons were very forceful and were enjoyed by a large crowd. The people of the town gave him a large pounding on Tuesday evening, which he seemed to appreciate very much. Service in Presbyterian Church. On the first Sunday in March there will be services in the Pres byterian church at eleven o’clock in the morning and at 7:30 in the evening. Sermons by a student from the Seminary of Richmond, Va. Everybody is invited to these services. Christian Endeavor Entertains. The young people of the Chris tian Endeavor of the Kenly Pres byterian church were delightfully entertained last Thursday evening ai the home of Misses Eloise and Elsie Grady. The Valentine scheme was well carried out by the deco rations, games and contests. De licious refreshments of hot choco late and sandwiches were served by the hostesses. After the re freshments were served votes were cast for the king and queen of hearts. Miss Frances Woouhouse was chosen queen and Mr. Darden Edgerton was chosen king. Those enjoying the evening were Misses Doris Hooks, Irene Edger Hodge, Mary Elizabeth Pittman, ton, Etta Lee Casper, Glenda Frances Woodhouse, Lucia Mae McCallum, Lottie Cromartie, Pat tie Hunter, Frances Hunter, Lois Culler, Lenora Patterson, Beatrice Hooks, Eulalia Darden, Pattie Plummer Macon, Kate Frisbi , Pauline Eagles, Ruth Clark, and Messrs. Rudolph Jones, William Godwin, William Casper, Griffin Edgerton, Frank Skinner, Charles Alford, Darden Edgerton, William Edgerton, P. D. Grady, Jr., Roy Barham, L. C. Wilkinson, Jr., and Sylvester Bass. Mrs. Sarah Capps of Pine Level died on February 22 at her horn- . She had been sick for some time, but her illness had not been acute, and: the news of her death came as a great shock to her friends here. Funeral services were held at the home of her father, Rafe Jones, a mile from here on Thurs day afternoon. Interment was made in the family burying ground near the house. Mrs. Capps is survived by her husband. Negro Steals Clothes. A strange negro was in town on Thursday afternoon and looked 'suspicious. Chief Pulley arrested him, but he broke and ran down main street, causing right much excitement, as Pulley was shoot ing. The man was caught and put in jail, and it was found that h< bad taken several pairs of pants from Mr. P. Godwin’s store th st afternoon. His trial was held on Friday morning by Mayor Eth ridge an dhe was sent up to high er court. | TURN TO PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 New Speed Champion Photo shows; Captain Malcolm Campbell, British ace, just after he established a new world’s speed record. He drove his huge Napier Blue Bird Special over the hard beach course at Daytona Beach, l* la., at an average speed of 20? miles an hour, breaking all rtc« ords. Cleveland Farmer Raises Chickens Bradley Wright Plans To In crease Flock to About 5000 Next Year; Side Line to Farming Chicken raising as an aid to the farm treasury has ceased to be an experiment now, and numbers of farmers are depending upon the hen to bring in a cash income throughout the year. Bradley Wright, a young farmer of Upper Cleveland township, is among the number who find raising chickens profitable. He has about 600 Barred Rocks and about 400 Rhode Island Reds and expects to increase his flock to 5000 next year. He began three years ago with 200. He raises his own chicken feed. He has about a thousand dollars invested in chickens, houses and other equip ment. He has two modern chicken houses. He also has a place which he calls his “Hospital” where all chickens that develop any disease are placed until they get well or lie. In addition to chickens, Mr. Wright has 32 hives of bees. Chickens and bees, however, are just side lines to his regular farm ing. He and his father have about 200 acres of land on which they raise food and feedstuff first and then money crops. MRS. CHAMBLEE LAID TO REST AT ZEBULON ZEBULON, Feb. 28.—The Meth odist church of this place was crowded to capacity wh§n the peo ple of this section gathered to pay tribute to the memory and worth of one of its honored citizens, Mrs. nemieua Drown ^nammee. Mrs. Chamblee was the daugh ter of John Rufus and Martha Brown, of Earpslboro, Johnstcn county, being one of eight children of whom four survive: J. P. and R. H. Brown, Mrs. G. F. Fuller, and Miss Eliza Brown, all of Zeb ulon. Her husband, Dr. M. C. Chamblee, died in 1915, leaving three children, C. H. Chamblee, former representative from Wake in the General Assembly, M. B. Chamblee, president of the Zebu Ion Banking and Trust Co., and Mrs. F. L. White, of Mebane. Funeral services were in charge of the pastor, Rev. E. H. Davis, as sisted by Rev. E. M. Hall, of Ral eigh, her former pastor; Rev. T. B. Davis, Rev. A. A. Pippin and Rev. R. H. Herring. FREE PLAY There will be a community meet ing and free play on March 9, giv en by the Carter-Massey club members, at Massey Chapel school house. Everybody invited to at tend. 7:30 o’clock sharp. MRS. W. H. CREECH, Sec. and Treas. Hostess’s Daughter (trying des perately to keep the conversatioi going): “Did you ever hear the joke about the curio dealer whc had two skulls of Columbus—one when he was a boy and the othei when he was a man?” Wiggins: “No, I don’t think 1 have. What is it?” l Princeton Loses To Local Highs Blankenship’s Five Advance in Consolation Series By 26-14 Win; Norton Is Out standing Star Coach Blankenship’s Smithfield high basketeers, who early this season defeated the supposed John ston county champions, and later defended their claim to the county title by holding the Princeton high five to a tie, became the undisputed champions of the county here on Tuesday night at the armory by virtue of a 26-14 victory over Coach Boyette’s five. Besides giving the locals a clear right to the county championship the victory gave Smithfield the championship of Group 2 in the state consolation series. Smithfield jumped into the lead early in the first quarter and held the large end .of the count through out the affray. Near the end of the half the locals ran the count to 14 to 3. Here the Princeton lads woke up and caged two goals be fore the purple and gold team knew what had happened. The half end ed 14 to 7. This was as close as Princeton could get to lead for the Smithfield tossers resumed its at tack with the opening of the sec ond half. lhe fcmithheld team worked m perfect harmony throughout and were entirely too much for the Boon Hill five. Bill Norton, local forward, lead both teams in scor ing. He shot enough baskets sin glehanded to defeat Princeton. His total was fifteen. Captain Ed Par rish’s floorwork also went on the bill as a feature of the contest. His scoring was kept down consider ably on account of being covered closely by the Princeton guards* Uzzle proved effective under the goal. He followed several long shots and made several good goals. Ragsdale and Avera were by no means out of the affray. Ragsdale broke up many plays which would have meant points for Princeton. Avera worked exceedingly well at center. Stevens, Princeton guard, play ed a good all-round game for the losers. TIME OF MEETING CHANGED Mr. W. M. Holt, president of Boon Hill Township Sunday School Association, announces that rhe time of holding the township Sun day school convention will be changed from the first Sunday morning to the fourth Sunday aft ernoon in March. The meeting will be at Princeton at three o’clock. This change has been made in or der to avoid a conflict with preach ing services at two churches. On Trip Around the World. Rev. D. H. Tuttle spent Monday in Burlington with his niece, Mrs. E. B. Eybers, who was visiting rel atives there. Dr. and Mrs. Eybers are from Bloomfonteine Universi ty, South Africa. They left Cape Town in October and came by South America. After visiting rel atives in North Carolina they will go to New York City and from there to Canada, then back to Niagara Falls, to Kansas City and on to California from where they will sail for India. They ex pect to reach South Africa again in July, after having completed a trip around the world. They are accompanied by their two children, a son of five years and a daughter of three. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “You kin jedgre a man bi what hy dooz wid ho noosepaper.”