North Carolina Newspapers

Slogan For 1928 Raise your food and feed stuff and “Live at Home” Johnston County *8 Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 VOLUME 46—NO. 19 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 6, 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 Criminal Court Began Yesterday Special Venire of 100 Me: Ordered Summoned T Furnish Jury For Joe Roy all Murder Trial Wednes ^ day Morning A one week’s special term ol Criminal Superior court began hen yesterday with Judge Henry A Grady of Clinton presiding. Nex week the regular March term ol criminal court will be held thus giving two weeks in succession Hon. R. A. Nunn of New Bern whc has just held a two weeks’ tern of civil court, will preside next week. In view of the regular term tc be held next week and' because enough cases have been brought forward from other terms of court to occupy this week the gr&nd jury was dismissed for this term. Forty eight jurors had been summoned but eighteen were excused. iThc first case to be called for trial yesterday was that of the state vs. Bill App Barbour charg ed with having in his possession whiskey for the purpose of sale. jury was impanelled and the state produced its evidence, but when the defendant called his wit nesses, it appeared that they had not been subpoenaed, and the jury was withdrawn and the case set for today. D. A. Pennell of Wilders town ship was arrested for having whis key in his possession while at tending court. He entered a plea of guilty and the presiding judge sentenced him to jail for a term of six months to be worked on the county roads. Carey Sanders, a Colored man of Boon Hill township, entered a plea of nolo contendere for vio lating the prohibition laws on two counts and was sentenced to jail for a term of ten months to be assigned to the county roads. Floyd Baker, white man of Four Oaks, entered a plea of possessing stolen property to wit: a bag of •sugar, and was discharged upon payment of the costs. All cases on today’s docket were called and will go regularly to Claude Barber and Golden Par ker, who are indicted for the mur der of Joe Royal on the night of October 25, 1927, were arraigned for first degree murder, and the court ordered a special venire of 100 men to appear here at nine o’clock on tomorrow, March 7, at which time this case will open for trial. This venire was drawn from the regular jury box in open court. The solicitor, in this case, will be assisted by N. T. Ryals of Ben son, and E. J. Wcllons of Smith field. The defendants are repre sented by Abell and Shepard and C. C. Canaday, Parker and Martin and James Raynor. There will be a large number of witnesses in this case and the en tire day will probably be devoted to this trial. trial. FOUR OAKS GIRLS DEFEAT CORINTH-HOLDERS Playing at the armory in this city yesterday afternoon, the Four Oaks girls defeated ^ the Corinth-Holders girls bas ketball team by the score of 27 to 4. A clean and well play ed game was evidenced throughout the entire affair. The playing of Miss Massen gill of Four Oaks and Miss Johnson of Corinth-Holders were special features of the game. 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 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. (Miss) Oma Adams recog nized her name last issue. f Today’s Tantalizer: zilanpsghinsaeseip ! |-- -.._ .Democratic Candidates ? The four presidential possibilities for the Democratic nomination, governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York, Senator James A Board Agriculture Adopt Resolutions Complete Plans For Organi zation of Locals At Various i Points in County The first meeting of the John- I ston County Agricultural Board; 'since its organization several weeks , ago was held in the farmers room of the courthouse yesterday after- j noon with a goodly numher pres-; ent. The plans for the organiza- ' tion of locals throughout the county were completed, and meet- ' ings will be held in the near fu- I ture at the following places: Cleve- j land, Bentonvnlle, Wilson’s Mills,! Archer Lodge, Meadow, Glendale,1 Corinth-HolcJers, GVnbett-Hatcher, Brogden and Benson. ; The adoption of a constitution.! and by-laws was deferred until the ! April meeting. xmr uu<uu jh uiu luceiing yes terday set forth its program of ' action in the form of the follow ing resolutions: “That this is a non-partisan or ganization recently re-organized . to promote a more prosperous con dition for agriculture and allied in dustry in the county, a more equal social structure, a more equal money siructuie such as credit fa cilities and1 taxes and for a more ! contented people. “That no more public bonds be issued in the county until the out standing ones be paid in full. “That our county offices and of ficers economize to the bone in spending public money. “That the State of North Caro lina be asked to take over half of our county’s school tax burden. “That we make a start in teach ing vocational agriculture in con solidated rural high schools. “That a farmer’s fair, for and by the farmers, be re-organized in the county, with the townspeople cooperation. I “That we look with disfavor upon 'commercial organizations dictating or coercing uneconomical agricul tural enterprises or policies upon our agriculture. “That this being a cotton and tobacco county, we continue to put our best efforts on these crops, along^with our food and feed sup ply—and our second best efforts on the so-called diversified crops, where conditions warrant. I “That we renew cur efforts for cooperative selling and buying of our staple crops and farm needs, respectively. | “That we petition our senators and congressmen to pass legisla tion so that we can both buy and sell on a protected market or both, buy and sell, on a world market. And that Muscles Shoals be oper ated by the Government to make fertilizers in time of peace and powder in time of war.” I Eleven poultrymen of Forsythe county culled out 300 birds from the 1400 in their flocks before be ginning their breeding work for Leading White House Aspirants Four Outstanding Democratic Candidates Now Are Bril liant Personalities Written Specially for The Herald. By ROBERT FULLER If any one of the four outstand ing Democratic candidates for the highest office in the land is elect-j ed, the country will be assured of a colorful president _ Governor A1 Smith of New York, ; Senator James A. Reed of Mis- ! souri, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of i Montana, or Governor Albert C. ! Ritchie of Maryland—take your : i'hoice, any of them will fill the bill for personality. Governor Smith seems to hold the whip hand just now, but the backers of the other three point cut that many things can happen before the> Houston convention in June. Governor Smith’s wet lean ings and the fact that he is a Cath olic may militate against him when the time comes to choose a candidate, at least the Republicans believe so. Meanwhile, friends of Governor Smith are hoping that the always plain-spoken Senator Reed will say something out in Missouri or on one of his speaking tours that will get him read out of the party as he was once before. Just now though Senator Reed stands strong with the party leaders in his home state and some of the others. Sen ator Reed is likewise not a believ er in national prohibition. While Senator Walsh is a Catho lic, he is dry. Senator Walsh has been in the public eye recently through his activities as leader of some important Congressional in vestigations. His request for a probe into the doings of the “power ■ trust” was turned down a few! days ago. Governor Ritchie is another can-! didate with pronounced wet views, | who will get the votes of a num ber of delegates at the Houston convention, according to present indications. But any of the four will furnish color, plenty of it. MR. AND MRS. STALLINGS TO BROADCAST Radio fans in this city will be interested to learn that tomor row evening between the hours of seven and eight o’clock, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stalling's of Wil son will broadcast a musical program from Station WPTF. Mrs. Stallings is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Watson of this city and her musical ac complishment as well as that of her talented husband is well known here. Mr. Stallings will play the violin accompanied by Mrs. Stallings on the piano. They will be assisted in giving the program by Mr. J. T. Creech of Wilson. Mr. Creech is a brother of Mr. J. Rufus Creech who lives near Smithfield. Fire Destroys Lumber Plant —» Mr. Matthew Boykin Suffers Loss of M i 11 in Oneal’s Township; Expects to Re build At Once A disastrous fire occurred in the Moore school section in O’Neals township Saturday aibout noon when the planing and sawmill be longing to Mr. Matthew Boykin was destroyed. Some shavings around the engine caught fire while the workmen were gone to dinner and the fire had gained such headway before it was discovered that it was impossible to save the mill. Some of the lumber near the mill was burned, but water from a nearby ditch was used to save a quantity of other lumber. Around the mill is thickly set tled, and the fact that the wind was blowing in a favorable direc tion is perhaps all that kept the entire section from being wiped1 out with the flames. Several thous and dollars worth of lumber w^as around the mill. Neighbors saw the } smoke of the fire and a large crowd j had gathered in a short while to ! render any assistance possible.j Mr. Boykin carried no insurance, j Mr. Boykin was in town yester- j day enroute to Raleigh to make j* some investigations concerning the i repairing of his engine. It is his i intention to rebuild the lumber l plant as* soon as possible. 1 MISSION RALLY FOR c JOHNSTON ASSOCIATION 1 Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Raleigh, " General Secretary of the Baptist j State Convention, and his associ- ^ ate,-Rev. Walter M? Gilmore, RalH * eigh, have arranged several series yf Mission Rallies throughout the ^ ■date to be held during March and i \pril with a view to rallying all he Baptists in the state to the ob ects included in their cooperative j irogram before the close of the Fiscal year of the Southern Baptist ^ Convention, April 30. For several months the Centen- . nial Campaign, which has for its || purpose the relief of the seven Baptist schools in the state, has oc- J :upied the center of the stage. Sec retary Maddry and his associates1/ ire no>v attempting to catch up the slack on the missions and be- C nevolent program. 1 The following is the schedule of i ^ appointments arranged for Rev. | Walter M. Gilmore, Mission Secre-j1 tary, Dr. S. H. Templeman, pastor ! J Brown Memorial church, Winston- j‘ Salem, and Rev. L. Bunn Olive, 11 Raleigh, returned missionary from j China; for the Tar River Associa tion, at Warrenton, Monday, March c 12, 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., and so with all the rest; Beulah Associa- * tion at Yanceyville, Tuesday, Mar. , 13; Johnston Association, at Mt. Moriah church, Wednesday, March 14; Little River Association, at Dunn, Thursday, March 15; Sandy Creek Association, at Jonesboro. ; Friday, March 16. There will be a round-table dis- ] cussion of all the objects fostered by the denomination in addition to the set addresses by the visitors. Not only the pastors but a group of the laymen from each church is expected to attend the rally that ! is most convenient for them to get | \V. H. Austin Buys An Interest in Local Firm , Changes in Business Firms. j | Friends and patrons of W. H. ( Austin will be interested to learn that he is again in business and j will give a glad hand to dll who may call upon him in his new lo cation. W. H. Austin, Inc., has' purchased the interest of Everett | Stevens in the general merchan dise business of Stevens & Ogburn, though the firm name will not be changed. Mr. Stevens has purchas- _ ed the interest of Mr. Ogburn in the gin near the depot which was J operated by Stevens & Ogburn, and- will have sole control of the gin plant. ! | Mr. Austin had recently secured the old location of N. B. Gran tham on Market street but the new I | coalition has changed' its plans and1 he may now be found at, • Stevens & Ogburn’s store. Gasless Motor Inventor lA^TOC.*.gTKRl Lester J. Hendershot of Pitts^ kurgh who has just invented a fuelless motor, a free energy renerator which is claimed to ge5 rs running power from the air. Unusual Interest In School Debate Four Oaks and Smithfield Civics Classes Argue Capi tal Punishment Athletic contests are important ! ut debating contests appeal to a •roup that does not take part in thletic sports. This was proven y the interest taken in a debate j etween representatives of the ivies class at Smithfield and the ivies class of Four Oaks held- last riday afternoon at the Four Oaks i chool. Mr. Kenneth D. Coates, eacher of the local school, took is entire civics class to Four >■& ,x Trie query for the debate was: j Resolved that capital punishment hould be abolished in North Car lina.” The Smithfield team had he affirmative side and the speak rs were: Ethel Stephenson, Eloise 'ittman and Dixie Johnson. The peakers for the negative were: ara Strickland, Pou Hockaday and j ohn Bandy. The judges decided \ i favor of Smithfield. This is the rst contest of its kind between chools in Johnston county, but oth teams of speakers conducted hemselves like veterans. Some of hose who heard the debate stat d that the speeches would do cred : to many college teams. Both chools were very enthusiastic over he debate, Mr. R. M. Hardee, the j eacher of the Four Oaks class, re orting that students have been s interested in this debate as they •ere in athletic contests. The same as been true in Smithfield. Smithfield invited the Four rOaks lass' to come over to Smithfield I or another debate, and Four Oaks ccepted the invitation. rhe Dorothy Beauty Shoppe Has Successful Opening Here The Dorothy Beauty Shoppe had very auspicious opening last 'hursday, March 1, quite a num >er of persons visiting the place ihich is located just across from he Shamrock Service station. Mrs. .. H. Hauss is the proprietor of he new beauty parlor and she ias as her very capable assistant diss Aurea Ray of Raleigh who ias a diploma from the Richmond 3eauty School. The shop is attractively furnish ed, a color scheme of apple green, an and rose being carried out in he rugs, draperies and other fur lishings. Mrs. H. T. Hines is in charge of i hemstitching machine and is prepared to complete work on short notice. On Thursday, Mrs. Hauss was issisted in receiving by Miss Eliz abeth Creech who had charge of :he registration book. Each guest ,vho registered was presented with samples of toilet creams, powder, rouge and lip-stick. The Dorothy Beauty Shoppe expects to carry a ine of toilet articles. In addition to shampoos, facials, nanicures, Miss Ray will give Eu jene Permanent waves. Rochester is to have a garlic ?ating contest. Great Halitosis! What next! Voting For Smithfield’s j. Queen Will Take Place At Indoor Circus Friday Night -♦ A feature of the annual Eastern Carolina Exposition which this year will be held in Goldsboro the week of April 9-14, is the crowning of some young lady as queen of the ex position. This year this event will be staged on the opening day. Those who attend the aft ernoon and evening perform ances will vote for their choice of the young ladies who will be nominated and presented by the various towns of Eastern Carolina, and' the winner will receive $250 in gold. A junior queen between the ages of eight and twelve years will be also selected, the winner to re ceive $25. ITRN TO PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 Murquardt Under $1000Bond Pending Corners Investigation Leonard' L. Marquardt of Raleigh was required Saturday to furnish a thousand dollar bond for his appearance here today before a coroner’s jury who will complete its investi gation into the death of Sam uel Brady, eleven-year-old son of Henry Brady, which occurr ed in the Johnston County Hospital last Thursday after the lad had been struck by a car on Tuesday afternoon driv en by Mr. Marquardt. The original bond was $2,000, but | Clerk of the Court H. V. Rose after questioning Marquardtt directed the sheriff's office to reduce the bond to one-half that amount. TURN TO PAGE 7, COLUMN 1 Torn!. Rand Passes After Short Illness -» Was Stricken With Apoplexy Thursday and Died Friday Night Mr. Tom J. Rand passed away 1 at the Johnston County Hospital j Friday night after a short illness, j He was stricken with apoplexy 011.4 Thursday at the home of his daugh-' tre, Mrs. S. E. Hogwood, with j whom he made his home, and was carried to the local hospital where j every means was used for his re covery, but he grew worse until! the end. He was 63 years of age. ! The deceased had lived in Smith-1 field for quite a number of years, j When a young man he married! Miss Rowena Helm of this city,1 who died several years ago. To this union three children were born, two of whom survive him: Mrs. Sam E. Hogwood, of this city, and Miss Pauline Rand, who is in train ing for a nurse at. Bellevue Hos pital in New York City. Both of the daughters were at his bedside when the end came. •The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member. The serv-| ice was conducted by the pastor, Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, assisted by a former pastor, Rev. D. H. Tut tle. Mr. Paul Eason sang “Cross ing the Bar as a solo, after which Mr. Earnhardt made appropriate comments on the passage of Scrip ture read. “Asleep in Jesus” was sung by the choir as the body was borne from the church to he taken to the city cemetery where inter ment was made. Lovely floral de signs covered the grave. The pall bearers were D. W. Peterson, B. L. Jones, A. A. Peedin, James My att, E. A. Johnson, Joe Davis, Hun ter Ellington, and Mr. Howell. Among those from out of town to attend the funeral were: Mr. O. R. Rand, of Richlands; Oliver Rand, of Wilson; Mrs. Margaret Hogwood and Miss Estell Hog wood, of Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. Leslie Rand, Mr. O. H. Rand, Mrs. Rebecca Rand, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rand, Mr. Curtis Rand and Mr. Atkinson, of Raleigh; Mr. Parker | Rand and Mr. Hal Rand, of Gar • [ner; Miss Margaret Darden, of Rocky Mount. i Mrs. J. W. Faircloth Dead. I Mrs. John W. Faircloth died at Jher home in the Brogden section j Friday night after an illness of tw'o years with cancer. She was 'about 55 years of age. The deceas | ed was a faithful member of the Freewill Baptist church. The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon and w'as conducted by Rev. H. R. Faircloth. Interment was made in the Kem ple cemetery in the Brogden sec tion. She is survived by her husband and) several children. S. C. Higgins Dies At Home Near Here ♦— Pneumonia Causes His Death At Ripe Age of, 76; Funer al Held Sunday Afternoon' At Residence ( , _ „ 1 i About two o’clock Saturday morning, Mr. S. C. Higgins pass ed away at his home about four miles from this city after an ill ness of several days with pneu monia. He was quite ill from the beginning and the services of a trained nurse were employed, but he grew worse until the end came early Saturday morning. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock at j Ibe residence after which inter ment was made in the family cem etery. Rev. S. S. McGreggor, pas tor of the deceased, conducted :he funeral service, assisted' by Rev. S. L. Morgan of this city. A large crowd was present to pay x last tribute of respect to their friend and neighbor and a beauti ful floral offering also attested :he esteem in which the deceased ivas held. me pauoearers were: vv. Johnson, Buck Johnson, E. A. Johnson, J. H. Whitley, A. J. Whit ley, Jr., and' J. A. Smith. The deceased was born in Vir ginia seventy-six years ago. When young man, he came to Johnston county and settled just across the river, l'our miles from this city. I He was a successful farmer, a good neighbor, a faithful member of his church. He was always in terested in anything for the up lift of his community. He married Miss Barham, a sis ter of the late J. T. Barham of this city, and to this union were born three children. His wife preceded him to the grave several years ago. The three children who sur vive are Mrs. T. J. Talton of Smithfield, R. H. Higgins and Miss Bessie Higgins with whom Mr. Higgins lived. He was a brother of Mr. Her.ry Higgins also of this city. J. J. BATTEN BACK AS A FEDERAL OFFICER Mr. J. J. Batteai has been placed -back on the force of Federal pro hibition officers for this section, and states that he is ready at any time to assist local officials in making raids. Mr. Batten for a time did not serve in this capacity, the Federal prohibition force hav ing been curtailed. He resumed his job several weeks ago. -+» Diner (indignantly): “Bring the proprietor here at once, there’s a wasp in my soup.” Pretty Little Thing: “It’s no use sending for the boss, sir. He’s scared o Pent himself!” “It’s cold outside.” “Shut the window.” “Will that make it warm out side?” Johnston Teams In Tournament Princeton Team Reached Finals But Was Then De feated by Dunn; Benson and Smithfield in Second Round Johnston county was represent ed by four schools at the third an nua! invitational basketball tourna ment held last week at State Col lege. Each of the four schools en tered in Class B, one of them, Princeton, reaching the finals. Benson and Smithfield got as far as the second round, while Clay ton was eliminated in the first round. Coach Boyette’s Princeton eag er* worked their way to the finals ay victories over Lincolnton, Roa noke Rapids, Mebane and Wake Forest. In the final game, Dunn nosed out the Princeton five 25 to 24 in an extra period affair. By this victory Dunn won the class B championship for the second con secutive year. iJuitn Ousts Locals. Smithfield held a bye in :he first round and in its first game it the tourney, met the team which Anally won the championship. Dunn won from the locals 24 to 19 Fri iay morning. Coach Blankenship’s :eam jumped into an early lead ind for a moment it looked as if :he 1927 champs were going to be :hrown aside by the local five, but Dunn came from behind and held in 18 to 9 lead at the half. Smithfield fought back in the last lalf to outscore the Dunn tossers 10 to 6, tfut this second half rally fell short by several points. Benson advanced to the second round1 by defeating Peachlands 14 to 11. In the second game, Mebane eliminated the Benson basketeerS by a 24 to 11 score. Clayton went 5Ut in the first round having met defeat at the hands of Oxford, 20 :o 10. ♦ H. G. Granger Formerly Of Johnston County Dies At Rocky Mount Friends in Johnston county will •egret to learn of »he death of H. j. Granger who died at his home n Rocky Mount early Thursday light after a week’s illness from nfluenza which developed into meumonia. Mr. Granger’s parents noved from Wilson’s Mills when le was a small lad to Wilson. Later VIr. Granger located at Rocky Mount where he lived until his ieath. Interment, was made in Wil son, the sendees being conducted iy Rev. W. C. Foster, pastor of :he Christian church. The deceased was only 39 years of age. Jo-Mac Drug Store Moves To Handsome New Quarters Assuming simultaneously a new name and new quarters, the old D. B. Drug Store is no more. Dr. G. A. McLemore and Mr. Vilas Johnson last week moved their drug store to a new building just completed between N. B. Granth am’s new store and the Capitol cafe across the street from their old stand. Instead of the D. B. Drug Store it will be known in future as Jo-Mac’s Drug Store. The new quarters are very attractive and the proprietors will give a cor Jial welcome to all who call upon them. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— — teas* “I often wonders how much do >anks pay de barbers fer shavin' notes.”